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Route Reliability

Providence → Detroit

PVD–DTW · 615 miles · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
944
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 944 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

PVD–DTW flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PVD–DTW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Thursdays and just 69% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

PVD–DTW flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(130 flights)
  • Tue82%(133 flights)
  • Wed79%(133 flights)
  • Thu84%(135 flights)
  • Fri78%(133 flights)
  • Sat74%(111 flights)
  • Sun69%(137 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM81%(347 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(241 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(310 flights)
  • 6–9 PM100%(14 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 81% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%85
July 202573%88
August 202584%93
September 202583%81
October 202590%86
November 202578%81
December 202573%71
January 202658%55
February 202670%53
March 202667%58
April 202684%76
May 202679%85

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Based on 944 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.