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Route Reliability

Detroit → Pittsburgh

DTWPIT · 201 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,571
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 1,571 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–PIT flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–PIT flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–PIT flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% 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
  • Mon71%(229 flights)
  • Tue78%(228 flights)
  • Wed76%(229 flights)
  • Thu84%(229 flights)
  • Fri76%(224 flights)
  • Sat85%(196 flights)
  • Sun71%(224 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(361 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(218 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(224 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(398 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(357 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 74% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%144
July 202576%146
August 202585%144
September 202587%137
October 202588%147
November 202584%114
December 202558%107
January 202654%113
February 202672%108
March 202672%121
April 202688%130
May 202678%148

Based on 1,571 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.