Delta Air Lines CLT to DTW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Charlotte to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
87%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
85 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 82% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on CLT to DTW arrived on time 87% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.4% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on CLT to DTW
- American Airlines79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines78% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines76% on time · 18 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines100% on time · 2 min avg delay
Full CLT to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,343 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 19 cancelled, 2 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.