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Route Reliability

Pittsburgh → Detroit

PIT–DTW · 201 miles · Pittsburgh International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,570
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,570 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PIT–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 75% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

PIT–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Trending in the right direction.

PIT–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
  • Mon77%(226 flights)
  • Tue82%(229 flights)
  • Wed82%(228 flights)
  • Thu85%(228 flights)
  • Fri83%(222 flights)
  • Sat87%(194 flights)
  • Sun81%(226 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(359 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(359 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(342 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(282 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(211 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 83% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%142
July 202576%145
August 202590%144
September 202596%137
October 202591%146
November 202583%113
December 202571%105
January 202665%113
February 202672%108
March 202675%122
April 202692%130
May 202684%148

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Based on 1,570 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.