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Route Reliability

Detroit → Cincinnati

DTW–CVG · 229 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,919
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 1,919 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–CVG flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–CVG flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–CVG flights arrived on time 79% 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%(277 flights)
  • Tue80%(280 flights)
  • Wed77%(277 flights)
  • Thu80%(276 flights)
  • Fri76%(274 flights)
  • Sat83%(238 flights)
  • Sun73%(280 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(345 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(75 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(480 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(361 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(307 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM75%(334 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 71% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%150
July 202570%174
August 202583%175
September 202591%167
October 202589%176
November 202581%145
December 202559%125
January 202663%128
February 202677%136
March 202676%174
April 202681%174
May 202680%178

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Based on 1,919 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.