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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → Detroit

MKEDTW · 237 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(242 flights)
  • Tue81%(235 flights)
  • Wed79%(235 flights)
  • Thu89%(235 flights)
  • Fri79%(242 flights)
  • Sat85%(197 flights)
  • Sun78%(236 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 82% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%152
July 202586%153
August 202585%152
September 202591%138
October 202591%146
November 202586%114
December 202567%118
January 202670%114
February 202680%106
March 202668%136
April 202683%145
May 202680%148

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.