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Route Reliability

Richmond → Detroit

RIC–DTW · 455 miles · Richmond International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,034
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines83% on time · 1,006 flights
  • Spirit Airlines75% on time · 28 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

RIC–DTW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

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

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(145 flights)
  • Tue86%(153 flights)
  • Wed85%(148 flights)
  • Thu86%(159 flights)
  • Fri83%(150 flights)
  • Sat87%(107 flights)
  • Sun77%(159 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(24 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(333 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(8 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(371 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(237 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(48 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 84% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%89
July 202573%96
August 202581%91
September 202594%77
October 202594%84
November 202587%75
December 202573%85
January 202678%81
February 202690%78
March 202680%88
April 202687%86
May 202678%91

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Based on 1,034 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.