Delta Air Lines DEN to DTW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Denver to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
87%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
4 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
78 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DEN to DTW arrived on time 87% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.3% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DEN to DTW
- United Airlines80% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines57% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines80% on time · 16 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full DEN to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,245 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 4 cancelled, 1 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.