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Route Reliability

CHA → Detroit

CHA–DTW · 505 miles · CHA Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
614
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 614 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CHA–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 69% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

CHA–DTW flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

CHA–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(90 flights)
  • Tue85%(89 flights)
  • Wed89%(90 flights)
  • Thu86%(90 flights)
  • Fri78%(89 flights)
  • Sat86%(72 flights)
  • Sun80%(90 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(299 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(6 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(39 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(260 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 86% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%55
July 202569%55
August 202587%60
September 202594%53
October 202593%61
November 202586%58
December 202580%50
January 202663%27
February 202671%28
March 202679%52
April 202682%56
May 202691%55

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Based on 614 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.