Route Reliability
Detroit → Anchorage
DTW–ANC · 2,986 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 64%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 15 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 123
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines68% on time · 110 flights
- Alaska Airlines31% on time · 13 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
Wednesdays have been rough.
DTW–ANC flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Sundays and just 47% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 123 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon73%(15 flights)
- Tue60%(15 flights)
- Wed47%(15 flights)
- Thu75%(16 flights)
- Fri56%(16 flights)
- Sat62%(29 flights)
- Sun77%(17 flights)
- 3–6 PM64%(116 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(7 flights)
27%
May
Jun 55% → May 27% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 55% | 33 |
| July 2025 | 66% | 35 |
| August 2025 | 81% | 36 |
| May 2026 | 27% | 11 |
Keep nerding
Based on 123 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.