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Route Reliability

ELM → Detroit

ELM–DTW · 331 miles · ELM Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
905
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 905 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELM–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 79% between 12–3 PM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 88% on time on Saturdays against 82% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

ELM–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon82%(132 flights)
  • Tue85%(131 flights)
  • Wed85%(130 flights)
  • Thu82%(128 flights)
  • Fri84%(127 flights)
  • Sat88%(108 flights)
  • Sun82%(135 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(360 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(243 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(287 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 86% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%78
July 202576%83
August 202587%82
September 202597%77
October 202594%85
November 202586%71
December 202561%74
January 202677%57
February 202680%56
March 202672%61
April 202690%76
May 202691%91

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Based on 905 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.