Delta Air Lines DTW to ATL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
18 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
68 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DTW to ATL arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.5% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (56%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)56%
- Late-arriving aircraft22%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to ATL
- Spirit Airlines75% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines66% on time · 37 min avg delay
Full DTW to ATL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,742 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 18 cancelled, 9 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.