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Delta Air Lines DTW to SAT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
55 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on DTW to SAT arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.7% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (58%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 74.7% on time, 2.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 88.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 90.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 61.9% on time, 1.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 86.9% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.9% on time, 2.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.3% on time, 1.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 80.7% on time, 2.4% 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)58%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Late-arriving aircraft17%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DTW to SAT

934 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 7 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.