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Route Reliability

Detroit → Bentonville

DTW–XNA · 715 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Northwest Arkansas National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
64%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
356
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 64% of the time across 356 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–XNA flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Saturdays and just 53% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 356 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon61%(51 flights)
  • Tue67%(52 flights)
  • Wed61%(51 flights)
  • Thu75%(51 flights)
  • Fri59%(49 flights)
  • Sat76%(49 flights)
  • Sun53%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(353 flights)
On-time trend by month
55%
May

Jun 41% → May 55% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202541%29
July 202566%29
August 202577%30
September 202576%29
October 202577%30
November 202575%28
December 202539%31
January 202661%28
February 202679%28
March 202658%31
April 202673%30
May 202655%31

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Based on 356 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.