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Route Reliability

Memphis → Detroit

MEM–DTW · 610 miles · Memphis International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
1,215
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines82% on time · 1,167 flights
  • Spirit Airlines87% on time · 48 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MEM–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 71% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 84% on time on Saturdays against 80% on Mondays.

Ticking up lately.

MEM–DTW flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(183 flights)
  • Tue82%(165 flights)
  • Wed82%(166 flights)
  • Thu82%(185 flights)
  • Fri83%(179 flights)
  • Sat84%(129 flights)
  • Sun82%(183 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(356 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(303 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(239 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(292 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 79% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%121
July 202587%125
August 202589%125
September 202591%107
October 202591%114
November 202587%101
December 202568%103
January 202669%65
February 202682%72
March 202667%86
April 202680%86
May 202682%85

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Based on 1,215 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.