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Route Reliability

Detroit → Milwaukee

DTWMKE · 237 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(244 flights)
  • Tue81%(237 flights)
  • Wed75%(235 flights)
  • Thu82%(234 flights)
  • Fri72%(243 flights)
  • Sat78%(196 flights)
  • Sun77%(235 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 74% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%152
July 202583%154
August 202580%151
September 202590%138
October 202587%146
November 202587%114
December 202558%118
January 202666%115
February 202678%106
March 202665%137
April 202683%145
May 202677%148

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.