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Route Reliability

Detroit → Miami

DTW–MIA · 1,145 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Miami International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,832
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines88%464 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines81%313 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines78%991 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (64 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–MIA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–MIA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–MIA flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon81%(275 flights)
  • Tue89%(225 flights)
  • Wed82%(244 flights)
  • Thu82%(265 flights)
  • Fri79%(276 flights)
  • Sat79%(249 flights)
  • Sun74%(268 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(91 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(789 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(36 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(401 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(114 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(370 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 80% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%133
July 202586%132
August 202584%133
September 202589%120
October 202591%136
November 202577%137
December 202564%165
January 202669%178
February 202683%187
March 202676%219
April 202687%159
May 202689%103

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Based on 1,832 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.