SkyWest Airlines ORD to DTW on-time performance
SkyWest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle and Alaska.
On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.6%
92 flights
Avg arrival delay
33 min
90 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 7
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- SkyWest Airlines flights on ORD to DTW arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.6% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #6 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
- Extreme weather21%
- Late-arriving aircraft18%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to DTW
- Delta Air Lines78% on time · 20 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 →
SkyWest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,531 SkyWest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 92 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.