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Route Reliability

Las Vegas → Detroit

LASDTW · 1,749 miles · Harry Reid International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2,941
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 Lines85%1,927 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines80%621 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines71%337 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (56 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

LAS–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 66% between 12–3 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

LAS–DTW flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 77%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 71%.

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%(431 flights)
  • Tue88%(389 flights)
  • Wed84%(393 flights)
  • Thu81%(425 flights)
  • Fri77%(425 flights)
  • Sat87%(419 flights)
  • Sun80%(438 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM66%(35 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(447 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(903 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(419 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(422 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(693 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 79% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%272
July 202578%246
August 202579%227
September 202582%239
October 202590%305
November 202582%238
December 202577%223
January 202683%251
February 202689%219
March 202681%244
April 202685%246
May 202681%210

Based on 2,941 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.