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Route Reliability

Louisville → Detroit

SDFDTW · 306 miles · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,321
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines82% on time · 1,297 flights
  • Spirit Airlines83% on time · 24 flights

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

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SDF–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

SDF–DTW flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 78%.

Trending in the right direction.

SDF–DTW flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon78%(199 flights)
  • Tue82%(191 flights)
  • Wed86%(186 flights)
  • Thu81%(192 flights)
  • Fri79%(194 flights)
  • Sat88%(153 flights)
  • Sun82%(195 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(364 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(352 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(186 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(146 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(262 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 84% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%119
July 202577%124
August 202593%123
September 202589%107
October 202595%113
November 202588%105
December 202564%106
January 202669%85
February 202682%84
March 202669%111
April 202686%115
May 202685%118

Based on 1,321 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.