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Route Reliability

Detroit → MQT

DTW–MQT · 349 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to MQT Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
7.1%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

9 PM–12 AM has a slight edge.

Departures between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, against 76% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DTW–MQT flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Thursdays and just 69% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 7.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–MQT flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(47 flights)
  • Tue82%(49 flights)
  • Wed73%(48 flights)
  • Thu85%(46 flights)
  • Fri69%(48 flights)
  • Sat83%(47 flights)
  • Sun72%(47 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(256 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(74 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 87% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202565%31
August 202587%31
September 202590%29
October 202587%31
November 202579%28
December 202556%27
January 202668%25
February 202664%25
March 202667%21
April 202680%25
May 202690%29

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Based on 364 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.