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Route Reliability

Omaha → Detroit

OMA–DTW · 650 miles · Eppley Airfield to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,175
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,175 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

OMA–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Saturdays against 79% on Thursdays.

Ticking up lately.

OMA–DTW flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 73% 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
  • Mon80%(176 flights)
  • Tue82%(176 flights)
  • Wed82%(173 flights)
  • Thu79%(173 flights)
  • Fri79%(170 flights)
  • Sat83%(123 flights)
  • Sun79%(174 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(361 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(355 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(158 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(291 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 77% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%109
July 202576%118
August 202586%116
September 202595%110
October 202592%118
November 202578%89
December 202562%85
January 202672%85
February 202683%78
March 202666%86
April 202686%85
May 202684%86

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Based on 1,175 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.