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Route Reliability

Detroit → Charleston

DTW–CHS · 667 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Charleston International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
913
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines76% on time · 864 flights
  • Spirit Airlines94% on time · 49 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–CHS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 67% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DTW–CHS flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Thursdays and just 68% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–CHS flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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%(135 flights)
  • Tue74%(121 flights)
  • Wed75%(117 flights)
  • Thu84%(133 flights)
  • Fri68%(135 flights)
  • Sat80%(122 flights)
  • Sun80%(138 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(331 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(79 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(27 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(318 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(123 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM87%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 74% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%95
July 202572%103
August 202581%111
September 202582%90
October 202588%88
November 202583%58
December 202570%57
January 202656%55
February 202673%56
March 202672%58
April 202678%60
May 202681%70

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Based on 913 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.