Route Reliability
Detroit → Pittsburgh
DTW–PIT · 201 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- 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
- Mon71%(229 flights)
- Tue78%(228 flights)
- Wed76%(229 flights)
- Thu84%(229 flights)
- Fri76%(224 flights)
- Sat85%(196 flights)
- Sun71%(224 flights)
- 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)
Jun 74% → May 78% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 144 |
| July 2025 | 76% | 146 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 144 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 137 |
| October 2025 | 88% | 147 |
| November 2025 | 84% | 114 |
| December 2025 | 58% | 107 |
| January 2026 | 54% | 113 |
| February 2026 | 72% | 108 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 121 |
| April 2026 | 88% | 130 |
| May 2026 | 78% | 148 |
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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.