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Route Reliability

New York → Detroit

JFK–DTW · 509 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

73
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.9%
Cancelled
1,885
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines80%1,440 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways67%445 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

JFK–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 61% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

JFK–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 73%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 67%.

Ticking up lately.

JFK–DTW flights arrived on time 77% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(259 flights)
  • Tue82%(261 flights)
  • Wed79%(264 flights)
  • Thu74%(266 flights)
  • Fri79%(261 flights)
  • Sat73%(260 flights)
  • Sun73%(258 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(360 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(55 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(370 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(350 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(385 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM61%(309 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 64% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%147
July 202564%146
August 202580%154
September 202589%169
October 202584%185
November 202585%170
December 202570%138
January 202670%139
February 202677%128
March 202674%151
April 202675%149
May 202683%153

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Based on 1,885 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.