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Route Reliability

LEX → Detroit

LEX–DTW · 296 miles · LEX Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,062
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,062 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LEX–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 79% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LEX–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

LEX–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% 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
  • Mon80%(147 flights)
  • Tue82%(151 flights)
  • Wed85%(152 flights)
  • Thu87%(149 flights)
  • Fri82%(150 flights)
  • Sat85%(149 flights)
  • Sun74%(151 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(369 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(330 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(6 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(290 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(54 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 85% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%86
July 202576%88
August 202585%93
September 202592%90
October 202588%92
November 202580%83
December 202570%79
January 202673%79
February 202681%84
March 202677%93
April 202691%90
May 202684%92

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Based on 1,062 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.