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Route Reliability

Detroit → FWA

DTW–FWA · 128 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to FWA Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
695
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 695 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

DTW–FWA flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 78% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–FWA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–FWA flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 56% 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

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon64%(101 flights)
  • Tue71%(101 flights)
  • Wed80%(100 flights)
  • Thu78%(100 flights)
  • Fri69%(97 flights)
  • Sat77%(94 flights)
  • Sun59%(97 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM78%(328 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(358 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 64% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%53
July 202557%60
August 202573%62
September 202587%60
October 202589%61
November 202582%56
December 202544%50
January 202653%57
February 202671%52
March 202662%60
April 202686%59
May 202682%60

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Based on 695 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.