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Delta Air Lines DTW to PHX on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Detroit to Phoenix · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
64 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on DTW to PHX arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.5% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (45%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 69.3% on time, 0.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 86.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 69.0% on time, 0.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 52.5% on time, 0.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 55.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 90.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.7% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 73.1% on time, 0.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)45%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to PHX

Full DTW to PHX comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,334 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 7 cancelled, 2 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.