Delta Air Lines ATL to DTW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
60 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 77% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to DTW arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)52%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to DTW
- Spirit Airlines78% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines67% on time · 24 min avg delay
Full ATL to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,737 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 19 cancelled, 5 diverted.
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.