Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) delays & on-time performance
Detroit, Michigan · 105 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at DTW right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
2,279 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
77 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 19 min
Figures cover 121,889 departures from DTW; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into DTW were on time 80% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Republic Airways was the most punctual airline here (82% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (86% on time); around 5pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (52%).
Most delayed routes from DTW
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco67%1,796 flts
- DCA · Washington69%2,975 flts
- GSO · Greensboro/High Point69%368 flts
- PDX · Portland70%379 flts
- SBN · South Bend71%712 flts
- IMT · Iron Mountain/Kingsfd71%365 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale72%2,690 flts
- GRB · Green Bay72%875 flts
- CIU · Sault Ste. Marie72%363 flts
- ORD · Chicago73%5,956 flts
Most reliable routes from DTW
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MYR · Myrtle Beach86%394 flts
- BDL · Hartford85%1,267 flts
- MSY · New Orleans85%811 flts
- JAX · Jacksonville85%637 flts
- RDU · Raleigh/Durham84%1,499 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%3,510 flts
- RIC · Richmond83%649 flts
- ESC · Escanaba83%365 flts
- JFK · New York83%1,222 flts
- PWM · Portland83%613 flts
Best airline at DTW
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 82% | 3.3% | 15 min | 26 | 6,141 |
| American Airlines | 82% | 2.0% | 19 min | 10 | 4,903 |
| Envoy Air | 80% | 3.1% | 18 min | 4 | 1,011 |
| United Airlines | 78% | 0.9% | 17 min | 6 | 2,329 |
| Delta Air Lines | 78% | 1.4% | 15 min | 85 | 60,323 |
| JetBlue | 77% | 4.2% | 19 min | 3 | 1,224 |
| Southwest Airlines | 76% | 0.8% | 13 min | 10 | 4,436 |
| Spirit Airlines | 76% | 3.1% | 18 min | 40 | 7,436 |
| Alaska Airlines | 75% | 0.2% | 13 min | 2 | 550 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 74% | 2.1% | 26 min | 56 | 28,582 |
| PSA Airlines | 74% | 5.8% | 29 min | 4 | 1,894 |
| Frontier Airlines | 72% | 1.5% | 27 min | 16 | 3,060 |
Best time to fly out of DTW
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am88%1,879 flts
- 6am86%5,011 flts
- 7am86%8,434 flts
- 8am82%14,634 flts
- 9am83%3,323 flts
- 10am82%12,125 flts
- 11am83%2,311 flts
- 12pm79%10,735 flts
- 1pm76%2,572 flts
- 2pm75%8,432 flts
- 3pm74%6,546 flts
- 4pm72%10,012 flts
- 5pm67%5,907 flts
- 6pm70%4,641 flts
- 7pm70%6,191 flts
- 8pm67%8,352 flts
- 9pm75%9,133 flts
- 10pm73%1,647 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)52%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Late-arriving aircraft18%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.