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Route Reliability

PLN → Detroit

PLNDTW · 243 miles · PLN Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(86 flights)
  • Tue85%(65 flights)
  • Wed80%(65 flights)
  • Thu83%(89 flights)
  • Fri85%(88 flights)
  • Sat83%(92 flights)
  • Sun83%(84 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(147 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(143 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(279 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 90% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%60
July 202578%60
August 202587%62
September 202593%60
October 202591%54
November 202586%50
December 202574%42
January 202671%38
February 202669%39
March 202670%43
April 202680%15
May 202694%46

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.