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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Detroit

MSP–DTW · 528 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
1,946
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines83% on time · 1,883 flights
  • Spirit Airlines92% on time · 63 flights

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

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MSP–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSP–DTW flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon81%(283 flights)
  • Tue89%(271 flights)
  • Wed85%(273 flights)
  • Thu86%(282 flights)
  • Fri84%(276 flights)
  • Sat80%(262 flights)
  • Sun78%(286 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(665 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM95%(96 flights)
  • 12–3 PM91%(387 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(414 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(364 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(3 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 85% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%186
July 202580%194
August 202582%190
September 202586%154
October 202590%156
November 202588%148
December 202569%154
January 202679%155
February 202685%140
March 202679%150
April 202687%150
May 202689%156

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Based on 1,946 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.