Delta Air Lines ORD to DTW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Chicago to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
37 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 7
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ORD to DTW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.1% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft51%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to DTW
- SkyWest Airlines65% on time · 33 min avg delay
- Envoy Air78% on time · 11 min avg delay
- United Airlines73% on time · 23 min avg delay
- Republic Airways80% on time · 16 min avg delay
- American Airlines71% on time · 40 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines60% on time · 27 min avg delay
Full ORD to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,210 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 37 cancelled, 0 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.