Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

Detroit → Providence

DTW–PVD · 615 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
944
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 944 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–PVD flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 74% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DTW–PVD flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–PVD flights arrived on time 75% 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
  • Mon76%(131 flights)
  • Tue82%(137 flights)
  • Wed76%(135 flights)
  • Thu85%(134 flights)
  • Fri73%(129 flights)
  • Sat75%(115 flights)
  • Sun76%(135 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(243 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(311 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(34 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(328 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 82% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%84
July 202581%89
August 202583%93
September 202585%82
October 202592%87
November 202580%81
December 202560%72
January 202650%56
February 202676%53
March 202659%58
April 202688%76
May 202678%85

Keep nerding

Based on 944 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.