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Route Reliability

Jacksonville → Detroit

JAX–DTW · 813 miles · Jacksonville International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
628
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 628 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

JAX–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 80% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JAX–DTW flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Saturdays and just 76% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

JAX–DTW flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
  • Mon86%(99 flights)
  • Tue92%(89 flights)
  • Wed89%(88 flights)
  • Thu87%(97 flights)
  • Fri85%(95 flights)
  • Sat93%(55 flights)
  • Sun76%(93 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(289 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(56 flights)
  • 3–6 PM90%(50 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(221 flights)
On-time trend by month
95%
May

Jun 80% → May 95% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%51
July 202570%54
August 202586%55
September 202592%51
October 202595%57
November 202591%54
December 202575%47
January 202684%37
February 202693%42
March 202687%52
April 202688%57
May 202695%59

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Based on 628 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.