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Route Reliability

Detroit → ESC

DTW–ESC · 306 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to ESC Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
6.8%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–ESC flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–ESC flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(46 flights)
  • Tue83%(48 flights)
  • Wed88%(49 flights)
  • Thu84%(51 flights)
  • Fri83%(46 flights)
  • Sat87%(47 flights)
  • Sun77%(47 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(3 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(331 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 83% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202587%30
August 202590%31
September 202597%30
October 202587%30
November 202596%28
December 202567%27
January 202675%28
February 202665%23
March 202683%24
April 202696%22
May 202677%31

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Based on 365 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.