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Route Reliability

Detroit → CIU

DTW–CIU · 285 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to CIU Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
6.3%
Cancelled
363
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 363 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

DTW–CIU flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–CIU flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–CIU flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 58% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(49 flights)
  • Tue78%(50 flights)
  • Wed83%(48 flights)
  • Thu83%(48 flights)
  • Fri64%(47 flights)
  • Sat75%(47 flights)
  • Sun63%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(203 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(133 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 90% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202577%30
August 202581%31
September 202580%30
October 202587%31
November 202575%28
December 202575%28
January 202654%26
February 202646%24
March 202665%23
April 202673%26
May 202673%30

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Based on 363 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.