Delta Air Lines RDU to DTW on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
88%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
83 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 88% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on RDU to DTW arrived on time 88% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 88% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft42%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on RDU to DTW
- Frontier Airlines87% on time · 8 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines89% on time · 8 min avg delay
Full RDU to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
1,335 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.