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Route Reliability

SBN → Detroit

SBN–DTW · 157 miles · SBN Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
706
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 706 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 78% and 80% across the day.

Mondays have been rough.

SBN–DTW flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays and just 68% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

SBN–DTW flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 55% 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
  • Mon68%(100 flights)
  • Tue80%(101 flights)
  • Wed75%(101 flights)
  • Thu86%(99 flights)
  • Fri75%(99 flights)
  • Sat87%(98 flights)
  • Sun81%(98 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(359 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(335 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 81% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%53
July 202582%61
August 202592%62
September 202590%60
October 202590%62
November 202582%55
December 202547%49
January 202655%56
February 202663%56
March 202677%61
April 202685%60
May 202692%61

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Based on 706 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.