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Route Reliability

Detroit → Jacksonville

DTW–JAX · 813 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Jacksonville International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
628
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 628 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–JAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 79% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–JAX flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DTW–JAX flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon82%(99 flights)
  • Tue91%(89 flights)
  • Wed88%(88 flights)
  • Thu87%(97 flights)
  • Fri86%(95 flights)
  • Sat89%(55 flights)
  • Sun73%(93 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(345 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(182 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(89 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 84% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%51
July 202583%54
August 202584%55
September 202588%51
October 202590%57
November 202585%54
December 202568%47
January 202678%37
February 202695%42
March 202681%52
April 202684%57
May 202693%59

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Based on 628 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.