Route Reliability
Charlotte → Detroit
CLT–DTW · 500 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 3,618
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines88%1,390 flights
- 2.American Airlines79%2,093 flights
- 3.Spirit Airlines73%105 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (30 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
CLT–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
CLT–DTW flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 76%.
Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 73%.
Ticking up lately.
CLT–DTW flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% 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
- Mon79%(542 flights)
- Tue85%(479 flights)
- Wed89%(488 flights)
- Thu85%(544 flights)
- Fri82%(545 flights)
- Sat82%(412 flights)
- Sun76%(545 flights)
- 6–9 AM94%(729 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM90%(613 flights)
- 12–3 PM84%(792 flights)
- 3–6 PM76%(713 flights)
- 6–9 PM68%(356 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM70%(352 flights)
Jun 74% → May 88% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 309 |
| July 2025 | 75% | 308 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 313 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 282 |
| October 2025 | 85% | 320 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 306 |
| December 2025 | 76% | 312 |
| January 2026 | 84% | 272 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 254 |
| March 2026 | 82% | 292 |
| April 2026 | 88% | 293 |
| May 2026 | 88% | 294 |
Keep nerding
Based on 3,618 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.