Route Reliability
Milwaukee → Detroit
MKE–DTW · 237 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.2%
- Cancelled
- 1,644
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines81% on time · 1,621 flights
- Spirit Airlines96% on time · 23 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.
MKE–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.
Skip Monday if you can.
MKE–DTW flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 78%.
Ticking up lately.
MKE–DTW flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
- Mon78%(242 flights)
- Tue81%(235 flights)
- Wed79%(235 flights)
- Thu89%(235 flights)
- Fri79%(242 flights)
- Sat85%(197 flights)
- Sun78%(236 flights)
- 6–9 AM81%(361 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM88%(367 flights)
- 12–3 PM83%(347 flights)
- 3–6 PM78%(319 flights)
- 6–9 PM73%(228 flights)
Jun 82% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 82% | 152 |
| July 2025 | 86% | 153 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 152 |
| September 2025 | 91% | 138 |
| October 2025 | 91% | 146 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 114 |
| December 2025 | 67% | 118 |
| January 2026 | 70% | 114 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 106 |
| March 2026 | 68% | 136 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 145 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 148 |
Keep nerding
Based on 1,644 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.