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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Detroit

ORF–DTW · 529 miles · Norfolk International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
1,022
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines79% on time · 974 flights
  • Spirit Airlines77% on time · 48 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.

ORF–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

ORF–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 72%.

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
  • Mon72%(151 flights)
  • Tue85%(139 flights)
  • Wed81%(140 flights)
  • Thu81%(149 flights)
  • Fri78%(151 flights)
  • Sat81%(121 flights)
  • Sun77%(154 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(188 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(166 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(361 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(268 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(22 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 74% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%105
July 202569%105
August 202584%96
September 202581%78
October 202593%85
November 202584%76
December 202559%83
January 202681%59
February 202693%54
March 202672%83
April 202684%89
May 202683%92

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Based on 1,022 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.