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Southwest Airlines PHX to DTW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
57%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.0%
0 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
38 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on PHX to DTW arrived on time 57% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0% were cancelled, and 3% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (39%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%November 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 37.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 20.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)37%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHX to DTW

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

30 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 0 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.