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Route Reliability

Detroit → PLN

DTW–PLN · 243 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to PLN Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
13.9%
Cancelled
662
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 662 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–PLN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 72% between 12–3 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

DTW–PLN flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 74%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 13.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–PLN flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% 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
  • Mon74%(86 flights)
  • Tue86%(63 flights)
  • Wed80%(64 flights)
  • Thu74%(88 flights)
  • Fri82%(88 flights)
  • Sat80%(92 flights)
  • Sun80%(84 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(146 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(141 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(278 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 87% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%60
July 202582%60
August 202590%61
September 202588%60
October 202591%54
November 202584%50
December 202555%42
January 202668%38
February 202662%37
March 202657%42
April 202667%15
May 202689%46

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Based on 662 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.