CLE to DTW flight delays
Cleveland, OH (CLE) Detroit, MI (DTW) · 95 miles
108 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
88.89%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
130 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 130 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. DTW to CLE arrives on time 6.5 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from CLE overall run 9 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion CLE has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from Cleveland to Detroit are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on CLE to DTW.
Every airline on CLE to DTW
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 107 | 88.79% | 0% | 130 min | A |
| Republic Airways | 1 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
The return leg
DTW to CLE Detroit back to Cleveland 82.41% on time BOther routes from Cleveland
Common questions
Are flights from Cleveland to Detroit usually delayed?
88.89% of flights on the CLE to DTW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Cleveland to Detroit?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 107 flights and 88.79% arriving on time.
How often are CLE to DTW flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When CLE to DTW flights are late, how late are they?
About 130 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on CLE to DTW during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →