Delta Air Lines DFW to DTW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
98 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DFW to DTW arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.7% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (41%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)41%
- Late-arriving aircraft40%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to DTW
- American Airlines67% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines78% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines81% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Envoy Air93% on time · 4 min avg delay
Full DFW to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,404 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 24 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.