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American Airlines PHX to DTW on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Phoenix to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHX to DTW arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.5% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (59%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 78.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.0% on time, 6.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 78.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft59%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
  • Security0%
  • Extreme weather0%

Other airlines on PHX to DTW

Full PHX to DTW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

628 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 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.