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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Detroit

SNA–DTW · 1,960 miles · John Wayne Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
19 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
335
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines68% on time · 313 flights
  • Spirit Airlines77% on time · 22 flights

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

What the data says

12–3 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 70% of the time, against 67% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

SNA–DTW flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Fridays. On Mondays: 65%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 335 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(54 flights)
  • Tue65%(43 flights)
  • Wed71%(56 flights)
  • Thu69%(52 flights)
  • Fri72%(54 flights)
  • Sat65%(23 flights)
  • Sun69%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM67%(186 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(148 flights)
On-time trend by month
60%
May

Jun 82% → May 60% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%22
July 202557%21
August 202567%46
September 202587%31
October 202574%31
November 202572%29
December 202560%30
January 202658%24
February 202668%22
March 202652%27
April 202681%26
May 202660%25

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 335 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.