Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

MBS → Detroit

MBS–DTW · 98 miles · MBS Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,290
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 1,290 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MBS–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday is the weak spot.

MBS–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Thursdays. On Tuesdays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

MBS–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% 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
  • Mon78%(189 flights)
  • Tue73%(187 flights)
  • Wed79%(186 flights)
  • Thu84%(185 flights)
  • Fri80%(183 flights)
  • Sat81%(153 flights)
  • Sun77%(191 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(359 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(216 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(164 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(251 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(284 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 79% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%113
July 202578%114
August 202584%118
September 202591%116
October 202586%118
November 202582%108
December 202548%102
January 202663%91
February 202682%81
March 202669%91
April 202686%106
May 202691%116

Keep nerding

Based on 1,290 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.