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Delta Air Lines TPA to DTW on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Tampa to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on TPA to DTW arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 75.6% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.3% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 93.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 91.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 87.5% on time, 2.9% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 65.8% on time, 1.9% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.4% on time, 0.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.5% on time, 3.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 87.7% on time, 0.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 85.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 86.4% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.6% on time, 0.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft48%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on TPA to DTW

Full TPA to DTW comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,717 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.