Route Reliability
Cincinnati → Detroit
CVG–DTW · 229 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 83%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 1,916
- 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 1,916 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
CVG–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.
Tuesday is the weak spot.
CVG–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays. On Tuesdays: 79%.
Ticking up lately.
CVG–DTW flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
- Mon81%(273 flights)
- Tue79%(278 flights)
- Wed84%(279 flights)
- Thu84%(274 flights)
- Fri85%(274 flights)
- Sat87%(237 flights)
- Sun81%(280 flights)
- 3–6 AM95%(21 flights)
- 6–9 AM86%(658 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM79%(66 flights)
- 12–3 PM84%(646 flights)
- 3–6 PM78%(399 flights)
- 6–9 PM71%(105 flights)
Jun 79% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 149 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 172 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 175 |
| September 2025 | 95% | 167 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 175 |
| November 2025 | 92% | 144 |
| December 2025 | 70% | 125 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 127 |
| February 2026 | 81% | 136 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 174 |
| April 2026 | 89% | 174 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 177 |
Keep nerding
Based on 1,916 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.