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Route Reliability

Detroit → LEX

DTW–LEX · 296 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to LEX Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,062
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 1,062 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

DTW–LEX flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

DTW–LEX flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–LEX flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
  • Mon73%(150 flights)
  • Tue85%(151 flights)
  • Wed79%(151 flights)
  • Thu81%(150 flights)
  • Fri75%(150 flights)
  • Sat81%(145 flights)
  • Sun75%(148 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(323 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(22 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(347 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(253 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(100 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 78% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%86
July 202567%88
August 202582%93
September 202591%90
October 202587%92
November 202580%81
December 202566%79
January 202670%79
February 202677%84
March 202679%93
April 202683%89
May 202680%91

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Based on 1,062 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.