Route Reliability
Detroit → Dallas–Fort Worth
DTW–DFW · 986 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 3,553
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.American Airlines78%1,653 flights
- 2.Spirit Airlines78%276 flights
- 3.Delta Air Lines77%1,406 flights
- 4.Frontier Airlines64%218 flights
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DTW–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–DFW flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 73%.
American Airlines runs this route best.
American Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 64%.
Ticking up lately.
DTW–DFW flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
- Mon75%(518 flights)
- Tue81%(453 flights)
- Wed76%(468 flights)
- Thu80%(529 flights)
- Fri77%(519 flights)
- Sat75%(432 flights)
- Sun73%(533 flights)
- 3–6 AM89%(121 flights)
- 6–9 AM83%(856 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM82%(329 flights)
- 12–3 PM81%(494 flights)
- 3–6 PM72%(797 flights)
- 6–9 PM66%(662 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM75%(193 flights)
Jun 74% → May 78% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 320 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 328 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 305 |
| September 2025 | 84% | 282 |
| October 2025 | 82% | 307 |
| November 2025 | 75% | 294 |
| December 2025 | 67% | 298 |
| January 2026 | 67% | 236 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 223 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 274 |
| April 2026 | 80% | 296 |
| May 2026 | 78% | 289 |
Keep nerding
Based on 3,553 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.