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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Detroit

SMF–DTW · 2,013 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

96
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
260
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 90% of the time across 260 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 89% and 90% across the day.

Thursday is the weak spot.

SMF–DTW flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Fridays. On Thursdays: 87%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 260 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(37 flights)
  • Tue89%(37 flights)
  • Wed90%(38 flights)
  • Thu87%(37 flights)
  • Fri94%(35 flights)
  • Sat92%(36 flights)
  • Sun90%(39 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(130 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM89%(129 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 90% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202587%30
August 202586%29
September 202593%30
October 202587%30
November 202592%25
March 202688%24
April 202690%29
May 202694%31

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Based on 260 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.