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Route Reliability

Detroit → Minneapolis

DTW–MSP · 528 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,940
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines79% on time · 1,877 flights
  • Spirit Airlines89% on time · 63 flights

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

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–MSP flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–MSP flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–MSP flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon79%(283 flights)
  • Tue85%(269 flights)
  • Wed78%(272 flights)
  • Thu81%(280 flights)
  • Fri78%(277 flights)
  • Sat78%(261 flights)
  • Sun76%(284 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(397 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(362 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(367 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(365 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(433 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 83% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%186
July 202577%194
August 202570%189
September 202578%152
October 202588%154
November 202583%149
December 202567%153
January 202671%154
February 202684%140
March 202678%149
April 202687%150
May 202690%156

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Based on 1,940 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.