Delta Air Lines DTW to FLL on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Fort Lauderdale · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
29 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
69 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on DTW to FLL arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)52%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
- Late-arriving aircraft20%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to FLL
- Spirit Airlines68% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines61% on time · 26 min avg delay
- JetBlue69% on time · 24 min avg delay
Full DTW to FLL comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,812 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 29 cancelled, 3 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.