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Route Reliability

MDT → Detroit

MDT–DTW · 371 miles · MDT Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
868
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 868 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

MDT–DTW flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MDT–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

MDT–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% 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
  • Mon83%(129 flights)
  • Tue82%(123 flights)
  • Wed82%(123 flights)
  • Thu77%(129 flights)
  • Fri73%(128 flights)
  • Sat84%(96 flights)
  • Sun73%(126 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(357 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(216 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(267 flights)
  • 6–9 PM93%(14 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 81% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%79
July 202573%84
August 202581%88
September 202591%86
October 202589%88
November 202584%82
December 202555%75
January 202678%45
February 202662%42
March 202682%55
April 202676%58
May 202688%72

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Based on 868 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.