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Route Reliability

Indianapolis → Detroit

IND–DTW · 231 miles · Indianapolis International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
2,297
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 2,297 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IND–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 76% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

IND–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 79%.

Trending in the right direction.

IND–DTW flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon79%(328 flights)
  • Tue86%(330 flights)
  • Wed83%(332 flights)
  • Thu87%(331 flights)
  • Fri80%(329 flights)
  • Sat85%(283 flights)
  • Sun82%(326 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(696 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(387 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(533 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(414 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(229 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 81% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%190
July 202583%203
August 202592%203
September 202596%196
October 202590%206
November 202584%189
December 202566%169
January 202668%164
February 202683%162
March 202679%181
April 202683%190
May 202685%206

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Based on 2,297 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.