Route Reliability
Detroit → Rochester
DTW–ROC · 296 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 13 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 1,315
- 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 1,315 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 6–9 AM departure wins.
DTW–ROC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 75% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–ROC flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 71%.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–ROC flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 59% 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
- Mon80%(187 flights)
- Tue77%(185 flights)
- Wed79%(189 flights)
- Thu82%(189 flights)
- Fri77%(185 flights)
- Sat83%(162 flights)
- Sun71%(192 flights)
- 6–9 AM89%(218 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM75%(358 flights)
- 12–3 PM78%(149 flights)
- 3–6 PM77%(211 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM76%(353 flights)
Jun 79% → May 86% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 112 |
| July 2025 | 79% | 119 |
| August 2025 | 86% | 115 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 107 |
| October 2025 | 93% | 116 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 101 |
| December 2025 | 55% | 104 |
| January 2026 | 58% | 88 |
| February 2026 | 63% | 83 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 114 |
| April 2026 | 85% | 116 |
| May 2026 | 86% | 114 |
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Based on 1,315 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.