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Route Reliability

Detroit → SBN

DTWSBN · 157 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to SBN Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
706
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 706 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DTW–SBN flights departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

DTW–SBN flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays and just 59% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–SBN flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 55% 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
  • Mon59%(100 flights)
  • Tue69%(101 flights)
  • Wed76%(99 flights)
  • Thu76%(100 flights)
  • Fri61%(98 flights)
  • Sat79%(97 flights)
  • Sun66%(103 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(336 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(3 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(334 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM91%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 69% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%52
July 202565%62
August 202574%62
September 202580%60
October 202584%62
November 202578%55
December 202550%50
January 202650%56
February 202666%56
March 202661%61
April 202670%60
May 202682%62

Based on 706 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.