Route Reliability
PLN → Detroit
PLN–DTW · 243 miles · PLN Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 83%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 13.9%
- Cancelled
- 662
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 662 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
PLN–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 78% between 12–3 PM.
Friday comes out ahead.
A small edge: 85% on time on Fridays against 80% on Wednesdays.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 13.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Trending in the right direction.
PLN–DTW flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% 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
- Mon83%(86 flights)
- Tue85%(65 flights)
- Wed80%(65 flights)
- Thu83%(89 flights)
- Fri85%(88 flights)
- Sat83%(92 flights)
- Sun83%(84 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM93%(147 flights)
- 12–3 PM78%(143 flights)
- 3–6 PM80%(279 flights)
Jun 90% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 60 |
| July 2025 | 78% | 60 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 62 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 60 |
| October 2025 | 91% | 54 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 50 |
| December 2025 | 74% | 42 |
| January 2026 | 71% | 38 |
| February 2026 | 69% | 39 |
| March 2026 | 70% | 43 |
| April 2026 | 80% | 15 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 46 |
Keep nerding
Based on 662 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.