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Route Reliability

Portland → Detroit

PWMDTW · 668 miles · Portland International Jetport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
660
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 660 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

6–9 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, against 78% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PWM–DTW flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

PWM–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% 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
  • Mon74%(93 flights)
  • Tue79%(94 flights)
  • Wed86%(92 flights)
  • Thu80%(92 flights)
  • Fri85%(92 flights)
  • Sat76%(93 flights)
  • Sun74%(95 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(360 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(268 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(22 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 75% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%59
July 202567%60
August 202573%60
September 202585%60
October 202593%61
November 202590%57
December 202562%58
January 202659%34
February 202682%27
March 202676%55
April 202690%59
May 202690%61

Based on 660 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.