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Route Reliability

Grand Rapids → Detroit

GRRDTW · 120 miles · Gerald R. Ford International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,359
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 2,359 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

GRR–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

GRR–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 75%.

Trending in the right direction.

GRR–DTW flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% 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
  • Mon75%(342 flights)
  • Tue77%(343 flights)
  • Wed79%(340 flights)
  • Thu80%(342 flights)
  • Fri77%(335 flights)
  • Sat84%(289 flights)
  • Sun77%(346 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM85%(324 flights)
  • 6–9 AM78%(380 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(425 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(390 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(453 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(365 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 78% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%216
July 202579%232
August 202584%212
September 202592%197
October 202590%207
November 202582%192
December 202550%173
January 202658%169
February 202676%161
March 202667%176
April 202684%192
May 202690%210

Based on 2,359 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.