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Route Reliability

Rochester → Detroit

ROC–DTW · 296 miles · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
1,315
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 1,315 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ROC–DTW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ROC–DTW flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Trending in the right direction.

ROC–DTW flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 57% 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
  • Mon77%(186 flights)
  • Tue77%(183 flights)
  • Wed78%(188 flights)
  • Thu75%(189 flights)
  • Fri72%(184 flights)
  • Sat79%(162 flights)
  • Sun72%(193 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(353 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(220 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(358 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(354 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 78% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%111
July 202579%118
August 202586%115
September 202592%107
October 202584%116
November 202575%101
December 202558%102
January 202653%89
February 202661%82
March 202671%113
April 202677%115
May 202684%116

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Based on 1,315 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.