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Route Reliability

Detroit → Memphis

DTW–MEM · 610 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Memphis International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
1,216
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines76% on time · 1,167 flights
  • Spirit Airlines87% on time · 49 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–MEM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Tuesday if you can.

DTW–MEM flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays. On Tuesdays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–MEM flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(182 flights)
  • Tue73%(165 flights)
  • Wed75%(167 flights)
  • Thu82%(185 flights)
  • Fri75%(171 flights)
  • Sat78%(131 flights)
  • Sun77%(185 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(296 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(79 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(183 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(275 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(330 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 77% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%119
July 202578%125
August 202585%126
September 202583%106
October 202587%115
November 202579%101
December 202555%103
January 202662%65
February 202674%72
March 202668%84
April 202680%85
May 202684%85

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Based on 1,216 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.