Route Reliability
Detroit → Charlotte
DTW–CLT · 500 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- 84%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 2 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.7%
- Cancelled
- 3,619
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Spirit Airlines86%106 flights
- 2.American Airlines85%2,092 flights
- 3.Delta Air Lines83%1,391 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (30 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DTW–CLT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–CLT flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 77%.
Spirit Airlines has a slight edge here.
Spirit Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 83%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–CLT flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
- Mon80%(543 flights)
- Tue87%(477 flights)
- Wed88%(487 flights)
- Thu88%(545 flights)
- Fri82%(546 flights)
- Sat86%(405 flights)
- Sun77%(552 flights)
- 3–6 AM—(7 flights)
- 6–9 AM89%(964 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM90%(965 flights)
- 12–3 PM84%(500 flights)
- 3–6 PM79%(442 flights)
- 6–9 PM70%(631 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM89%(46 flights)
Jun 82% → May 88% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 82% | 308 |
| July 2025 | 80% | 309 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 313 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 283 |
| October 2025 | 91% | 321 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 307 |
| December 2025 | 72% | 311 |
| January 2026 | 76% | 271 |
| February 2026 | 85% | 254 |
| March 2026 | 85% | 292 |
| April 2026 | 89% | 293 |
| May 2026 | 88% | 293 |
Keep nerding
Based on 3,619 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.