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Route Reliability

Detroit → West Palm Beach

DTWPBI · 1,086 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Palm Beach International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
475
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 475 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–PBI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 67% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–PBI flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–PBI flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(66 flights)
  • Tue86%(66 flights)
  • Wed88%(66 flights)
  • Thu81%(68 flights)
  • Fri78%(67 flights)
  • Sat80%(66 flights)
  • Sun77%(70 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(362 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(106 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 79% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%29
July 2025100%31
August 202590%31
September 202593%30
October 202597%31
November 202573%30
December 202567%43
January 202667%58
February 202680%54
March 202675%60
April 202676%42
May 2026100%30

Based on 475 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.