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Route Reliability

Detroit → Grand Rapids

DTWGRR · 120 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
2,357
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 2,357 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–GRR flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–GRR flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 68%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–GRR flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 57% 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
  • Mon69%(342 flights)
  • Tue73%(343 flights)
  • Wed75%(341 flights)
  • Thu75%(340 flights)
  • Fri71%(337 flights)
  • Sat80%(290 flights)
  • Sun68%(343 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM77%(325 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(153 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(646 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(424 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(473 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(315 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 71% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%215
July 202569%233
August 202579%212
September 202587%197
October 202587%207
November 202582%190
December 202547%172
January 202655%169
February 202670%161
March 202655%178
April 202679%192
May 202686%210

Based on 2,357 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.