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Detroit (DTW) departure delays

9,869 departures · 90 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

79.3%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

1.43%

Cancelled

Share of departures

73 min

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#39

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about DTW

DTW runs about as well as the average airport here.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Republic Airways left on time 24.8 points more often than Southwest Airlines from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, DTW is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of DTW

Airline Departures On time
Republic Airways 563 86%
SkyWest Airlines 2,316 83.6%
American Airlines 392 81.9%
Delta Air Lines 5,200 78%
United Airlines 219 77.7%
Frontier Airlines 289 70.7%
Southwest Airlines 382 61.2%

Routes out of DTW

DTW → ORD Chicago 524 flights · 79.16% on time D DTW → ATL Atlanta 378 flights · 84.49% on time B DTW → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth 288 flights · 69.37% on time D DTW → DEN Denver 285 flights · 75.44% on time C DTW → EWR Newark 280 flights · 79.48% on time C DTW → CLT Charlotte 269 flights · 83.4% on time B DTW → LGA New York 255 flights · 75.72% on time D DTW → PHL Philadelphia 251 flights · 78.99% on time D DTW → DCA Washington 232 flights · 68.64% on time F DTW → BOS Boston 221 flights · 77.31% on time C DTW → MCO Orlando 212 flights · 80.38% on time B DTW → BNA Nashville 210 flights · 76.7% on time C DTW → SEA Seattle 209 flights · 76.56% on time C DTW → BWI Baltimore 203 flights · 76.5% on time C DTW → PHX Phoenix 199 flights · 74.75% on time C DTW → SFO San Francisco 178 flights · 42.61% on time F DTW → MSP Minneapolis 174 flights · 83.91% on time B DTW → CMH Columbus 173 flights · 90.75% on time A DTW → IAH Houston 173 flights · 71.1% on time C DTW → STL St. Louis 173 flights · 75.15% on time C DTW → LAX Los Angeles 171 flights · 71.93% on time C DTW → LAS Las Vegas 170 flights · 61.54% on time D DTW → SLC Salt Lake City 149 flights · 78.52% on time B DTW → BUF Buffalo 135 flights · 83.46% on time B DTW → TPA Tampa 133 flights · 87.79% on time B DTW → MKE Milwaukee 125 flights · 80.65% on time B DTW → IAD Washington 120 flights · 85.71% on time B DTW → FLL Fort Lauderdale 120 flights · 81.2% on time C DTW → GRR Grand Rapids 117 flights · 83.76% on time B DTW → JFK New York 117 flights · 83.78% on time C DTW → MIA Miami 117 flights · 92.31% on time A DTW → AUS Austin 114 flights · 70.8% on time D DTW → BDL Hartford 113 flights · 88.39% on time A DTW → MCI Kansas City 113 flights · 68.14% on time D DTW → RDU Raleigh/Durham 113 flights · 90.18% on time A DTW → AZO Kalamazoo 111 flights · 87.39% on time A DTW → OMA Omaha 110 flights · 84.55% on time B DTW → CLE Cleveland 109 flights · 82.41% on time B DTW → MBS Saginaw/Bay City/Midland 107 flights · 79.44% on time B DTW → SYR Syracuse 105 flights · 83.5% on time B