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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Detroit

SLCDTW · 1,481 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

96
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(231 flights)
  • Tue90%(219 flights)
  • Wed89%(231 flights)
  • Thu90%(220 flights)
  • Fri87%(232 flights)
  • Sat90%(211 flights)
  • Sun88%(222 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 82% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%152
July 202584%164
August 202586%147
September 202590%122
October 202595%124
November 202592%118
December 202590%125
January 202689%119
February 202693%105
March 202686%124
April 202690%120
May 202694%146

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.