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Route Reliability

Detroit → Albany

DTWALB · 489 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Albany International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(185 flights)
  • Tue79%(183 flights)
  • Wed74%(186 flights)
  • Thu82%(185 flights)
  • Fri80%(181 flights)
  • Sat82%(164 flights)
  • Sun71%(182 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 78% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%116
July 202571%118
August 202584%115
September 202592%107
October 202591%115
November 202578%103
December 202558%107
January 202656%88
February 202669%83
March 202665%91
April 202689%106
May 202692%117

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.