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Route Reliability

Detroit → ELM

DTW–ELM · 331 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to ELM Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
905
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 905 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–ELM flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 68% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DTW–ELM flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–ELM flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
  • Mon76%(133 flights)
  • Tue74%(132 flights)
  • Wed79%(129 flights)
  • Thu80%(128 flights)
  • Fri73%(128 flights)
  • Sat84%(109 flights)
  • Sun75%(134 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(233 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(114 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(225 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(12 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(309 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 73% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%78
July 202572%83
August 202582%82
September 202591%77
October 202589%85
November 202578%71
December 202553%75
January 202668%57
February 202670%56
March 202666%61
April 202683%76
May 202688%92

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Based on 905 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.