Route Reliability
Detroit → Milwaukee
DTW–MKE · 237 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 12 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.0%
- Cancelled
- 1,644
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines77% on time · 1,621 flights
- Spirit Airlines96% on time · 23 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–MKE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
DTW–MKE flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 72%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–MKE flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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
- Mon78%(244 flights)
- Tue81%(237 flights)
- Wed75%(235 flights)
- Thu82%(234 flights)
- Fri72%(243 flights)
- Sat78%(196 flights)
- Sun77%(235 flights)
- 6–9 AM87%(362 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(6 flights)
- 12–3 PM80%(355 flights)
- 3–6 PM75%(541 flights)
- 6–9 PM61%(202 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM82%(158 flights)
Jun 74% → May 77% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 152 |
| July 2025 | 83% | 154 |
| August 2025 | 80% | 151 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 138 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 146 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 114 |
| December 2025 | 58% | 118 |
| January 2026 | 66% | 115 |
| February 2026 | 78% | 106 |
| March 2026 | 65% | 137 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 145 |
| May 2026 | 77% | 148 |
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Based on 1,644 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.