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Route Reliability

Detroit → Tampa

DTW–TPA · 983 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Tampa International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
2,413
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines81%1,716 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines76%577 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines71%115 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (5 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–TPA flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 66% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–TPA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 75%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 71%.

Trending in the right direction.

DTW–TPA flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(343 flights)
  • Tue83%(314 flights)
  • Wed83%(311 flights)
  • Thu81%(359 flights)
  • Fri79%(347 flights)
  • Sat75%(325 flights)
  • Sun75%(366 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(40 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(574 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(438 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(497 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(206 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(425 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM66%(185 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 79% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%175
July 202577%180
August 202586%166
September 202597%148
October 202591%181
November 202586%167
December 202562%228
January 202666%223
February 202681%226
March 202677%304
April 202678%226
May 202683%141

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Based on 2,413 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.