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Route Reliability

ESC → Detroit

ESC–DTW · 306 miles · ESC Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
7.4%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Skip Monday if you can.

ESC–DTW flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 83%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 7.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

ESC–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(47 flights)
  • Tue83%(48 flights)
  • Wed85%(48 flights)
  • Thu96%(49 flights)
  • Fri86%(50 flights)
  • Sat83%(48 flights)
  • Sun85%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(337 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 100% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 2025100%30
July 202587%31
August 202597%31
September 202593%30
October 202590%31
November 202586%29
December 202567%27
January 202671%28
February 202683%24
March 202667%24
April 202691%22
May 202694%31

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Based on 365 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.