Route Reliability
Salt Lake City → Detroit
SLC–DTW · 1,481 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- 89%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0.2%
- Cancelled
- 1,571
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines89% on time · 1,535 flights
- Spirit Airlines94% on time · 36 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.
SLC–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 81% between 6–9 PM.
Tuesday comes out ahead.
A small edge: 90% on time on Tuesdays against 87% on Fridays.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 1,571 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.
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
- Mon89%(231 flights)
- Tue90%(219 flights)
- Wed89%(231 flights)
- Thu90%(220 flights)
- Fri87%(232 flights)
- Sat90%(211 flights)
- Sun88%(222 flights)
- 6–9 AM95%(366 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM92%(398 flights)
- 12–3 PM89%(348 flights)
- 3–6 PM84%(51 flights)
- 6–9 PM81%(342 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM85%(61 flights)
Jun 82% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 82% | 152 |
| July 2025 | 84% | 164 |
| August 2025 | 86% | 147 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 122 |
| October 2025 | 95% | 124 |
| November 2025 | 92% | 118 |
| December 2025 | 90% | 125 |
| January 2026 | 89% | 119 |
| February 2026 | 93% | 105 |
| March 2026 | 86% | 124 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 120 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 146 |
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Based on 1,571 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.