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Route Reliability

Cincinnati → Detroit

CVGDTW · 229 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(273 flights)
  • Tue79%(278 flights)
  • Wed84%(279 flights)
  • Thu84%(274 flights)
  • Fri85%(274 flights)
  • Sat87%(237 flights)
  • Sun81%(280 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 79% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%149
July 202577%172
August 202587%175
September 202595%167
October 202594%175
November 202592%144
December 202570%125
January 202675%127
February 202681%136
March 202672%174
April 202689%174
May 202680%177

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.