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Route Reliability

Detroit → CHA

DTW–CHA · 505 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to CHA Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
615
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 615 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DTW–CHA flights departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DTW–CHA flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–CHA flights arrived on time 79% 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
  • Mon74%(91 flights)
  • Tue79%(90 flights)
  • Wed79%(90 flights)
  • Thu76%(88 flights)
  • Fri73%(90 flights)
  • Sat84%(73 flights)
  • Sun75%(89 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(6 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(296 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(28 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(256 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM96%(25 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 71% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%56
July 202572%54
August 202588%60
September 202593%53
October 202589%61
November 202578%58
December 202546%50
January 202659%27
February 202679%28
March 202671%52
April 202680%56
May 202684%56

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Based on 615 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.