Delta Air Lines DTW to CLT on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Charlotte · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
68 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 84% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DTW to CLT arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 84% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (62%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)62%
- Late-arriving aircraft23%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to CLT
- American Airlines85% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines83% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines59% on time · 72 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full DTW to CLT comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,343 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 20 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.