Route Reliability
Detroit → Chicago
DTW–ORD · 235 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 18 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.7%
- Cancelled
- 6,113
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines74%2,431 flights
- 2.American Airlines74%1,816 flights
- 3.Delta Air Lines70%1,864 flights
Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (2 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DTW–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.
Tuesday has been the better bet.
A small edge: 75% on time on Tuesdays against 69% on Fridays.
United Airlines has a slight edge here.
United Airlines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 70%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–ORD flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
- Mon72%(876 flights)
- Tue75%(843 flights)
- Wed71%(847 flights)
- Thu75%(873 flights)
- Fri69%(875 flights)
- Sat75%(738 flights)
- Sun71%(889 flights)
- 12–3 AM—(1 flights)
- 3–6 AM86%(297 flights)
- 6–9 AM78%(1446 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM84%(1143 flights)
- 12–3 PM71%(1073 flights)
- 3–6 PM66%(1018 flights)
- 6–9 PM56%(919 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM59%(44 flights)
Jun 75% → May 81% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 75% | 532 |
| July 2025 | 69% | 533 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 497 |
| September 2025 | 82% | 511 |
| October 2025 | 76% | 526 |
| November 2025 | 73% | 450 |
| December 2025 | 56% | 435 |
| January 2026 | 61% | 399 |
| February 2026 | 75% | 443 |
| March 2026 | 61% | 458 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 563 |
| May 2026 | 81% | 594 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 6,113 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.