Route Reliability
Fort Lauderdale → Detroit
FLL–DTW · 1,127 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 74%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 14 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 2,813
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines79%1,826 flights
- 2.Spirit Airlines65%898 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (89 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
FLL–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
FLL–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Delta Air Lines runs this route best.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 79% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 65%.
Ticking up lately.
FLL–DTW flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% 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
- Mon71%(395 flights)
- Tue78%(376 flights)
- Wed82%(369 flights)
- Thu78%(412 flights)
- Fri74%(396 flights)
- Sat73%(396 flights)
- Sun61%(414 flights)
- 6–9 AM90%(724 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM81%(380 flights)
- 12–3 PM71%(448 flights)
- 3–6 PM71%(423 flights)
- 6–9 PM58%(689 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM55%(94 flights)
Jun 79% → May 86% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 210 |
| July 2025 | 75% | 210 |
| August 2025 | 82% | 207 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 167 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 200 |
| November 2025 | 84% | 221 |
| December 2025 | 62% | 274 |
| January 2026 | 65% | 251 |
| February 2026 | 72% | 259 |
| March 2026 | 57% | 310 |
| April 2026 | 69% | 269 |
| May 2026 | 86% | 180 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 2,813 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.