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Route Reliability

Columbus → Detroit

CMH–DTW · 155 miles · John Glenn Columbus International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,883
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 1,883 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CMH–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

CMH–DTW flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

CMH–DTW flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon78%(271 flights)
  • Tue85%(274 flights)
  • Wed85%(274 flights)
  • Thu88%(275 flights)
  • Fri88%(266 flights)
  • Sat90%(231 flights)
  • Sun80%(271 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(700 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(358 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(491 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(140 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(173 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 83% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%164
July 202582%174
August 202591%180
September 202592%175
October 202594%177
November 202584%143
December 202563%124
January 202676%138
February 202678%133
March 202684%147
April 202690%146
May 202692%161

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Based on 1,883 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.