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Route Reliability

West Palm Beach → Detroit

PBI–DTW · 1,086 miles · Palm Beach International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
475
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 475 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

PBI–DTW flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PBI–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 67%.

Ticking up lately.

PBI–DTW flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(65 flights)
  • Tue80%(66 flights)
  • Wed82%(66 flights)
  • Thu71%(68 flights)
  • Fri74%(66 flights)
  • Sat80%(66 flights)
  • Sun67%(70 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM79%(362 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(101 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 66% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%29
July 202583%30
August 202590%31
September 202593%30
October 202594%31
November 202577%30
December 202565%43
January 202671%58
February 202672%54
March 202666%59
April 202664%42
May 202690%30

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 475 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.