Route Reliability
Detroit → Albany
DTW–ALB · 489 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Albany International Airport
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 13 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.2%
- Cancelled
- 1,284
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 1,284 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DTW–ALB flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 71% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–ALB flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 71%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–ALB flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% 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
- Mon76%(185 flights)
- Tue79%(183 flights)
- Wed74%(186 flights)
- Thu82%(185 flights)
- Fri80%(181 flights)
- Sat82%(164 flights)
- Sun71%(182 flights)
- 6–9 AM94%(188 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM79%(359 flights)
- 12–3 PM74%(325 flights)
- 3–6 PM83%(36 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM71%(357 flights)
Jun 78% → May 92% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 78% | 116 |
| July 2025 | 71% | 118 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 115 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 107 |
| October 2025 | 91% | 115 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 103 |
| December 2025 | 58% | 107 |
| January 2026 | 56% | 88 |
| February 2026 | 69% | 83 |
| March 2026 | 65% | 91 |
| April 2026 | 89% | 106 |
| May 2026 | 92% | 117 |
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Based on 1,284 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.