Route Reliability
Detroit → Cleveland
DTW–CLE · 95 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
- 74%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 17 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.9%
- Cancelled
- 1,857
- 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 1,857 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DTW–CLE flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.
Monday is the weak spot.
DTW–CLE flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 67%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–CLE flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 57% 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
- Mon67%(266 flights)
- Tue77%(270 flights)
- Wed73%(269 flights)
- Thu79%(267 flights)
- Fri69%(265 flights)
- Sat80%(228 flights)
- Sun72%(273 flights)
- 6–9 AM81%(344 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM87%(15 flights)
- 12–3 PM74%(639 flights)
- 3–6 PM67%(353 flights)
- 6–9 PM79%(149 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM71%(338 flights)
Jun 66% → May 78% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 66% | 166 |
| July 2025 | 66% | 175 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 174 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 167 |
| October 2025 | 91% | 176 |
| November 2025 | 78% | 139 |
| December 2025 | 54% | 125 |
| January 2026 | 54% | 138 |
| February 2026 | 63% | 132 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 150 |
| April 2026 | 86% | 147 |
| May 2026 | 78% | 149 |
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Based on 1,857 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.