Route Reliability
Detroit → West Palm Beach
DTW–PBI · 1,086 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Palm Beach International Airport
- 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
- Mon77%(66 flights)
- Tue86%(66 flights)
- Wed88%(66 flights)
- Thu81%(68 flights)
- Fri78%(67 flights)
- Sat80%(66 flights)
- Sun77%(70 flights)
- 6–9 AM85%(362 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
- 12–3 PM67%(106 flights)
Jun 79% → May 100% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 100% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 97% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 67% | 43 |
| January 2026 | 67% | 58 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 54 |
| March 2026 | 75% | 60 |
| April 2026 | 76% | 42 |
| May 2026 | 100% | 30 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.