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Route Reliability

Detroit → Richmond

DTW–RIC · 455 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Richmond International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,034
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines80% on time · 1,006 flights
  • Spirit Airlines89% on time · 28 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–RIC flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

DTW–RIC flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–RIC flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(148 flights)
  • Tue81%(154 flights)
  • Wed82%(147 flights)
  • Thu82%(160 flights)
  • Fri80%(148 flights)
  • Sat86%(106 flights)
  • Sun78%(158 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(8 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(372 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(237 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(62 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(3 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(339 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 82% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%89
July 202571%97
August 202582%89
September 202590%77
October 202595%84
November 202585%75
December 202565%86
January 202667%81
February 202683%78
March 202683%88
April 202686%86
May 202679%91

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Based on 1,034 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.