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Route Reliability

Chicago → Detroit

ORD–DTW · 235 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
6,113
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines74%1,864 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines73%2,433 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines67%1,816 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ORD–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

ORD–DTW flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Thursdays. On Mondays: 67%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 74% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 67%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORD–DTW flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% 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
  • Mon67%(879 flights)
  • Tue74%(851 flights)
  • Wed72%(845 flights)
  • Thu76%(873 flights)
  • Fri69%(875 flights)
  • Sat75%(735 flights)
  • Sun69%(887 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(1014 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(1200 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(1172 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(986 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(1059 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(514 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 73% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%535
July 202565%531
August 202580%499
September 202581%513
October 202576%528
November 202575%443
December 202555%438
January 202661%400
February 202672%442
March 202661%456
April 202677%565
May 202677%595

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Based on 6,113 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.