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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Detroit

CLEDTW · 95 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
1,858
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,858 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CLE–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

CLE–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

CLE–DTW flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% 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
  • Mon76%(266 flights)
  • Tue81%(268 flights)
  • Wed79%(269 flights)
  • Thu84%(268 flights)
  • Fri77%(269 flights)
  • Sat87%(226 flights)
  • Sun78%(274 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(194 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(319 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(347 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(358 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(310 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(312 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 80% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%166
July 202579%173
August 202589%174
September 202592%167
October 202593%176
November 202580%141
December 202561%126
January 202663%139
February 202671%132
March 202674%152
April 202688%147
May 202682%147

Based on 1,858 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.