DTW to ESC flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Escanaba, MI (ESC) · 306 miles
709 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.83%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.65%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
151 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.65% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 34.8 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
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 151 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.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on DTW to ESC. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on DTW to ESC
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 | 709 | 83.83% | 4.65% | 151 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ESC to DTW Escanaba back to Detroit 84.99% on time COther routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Escanaba usually delayed?
83.83% of flights on the DTW to ESC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Detroit to Escanaba?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 709 flights and 83.83% arriving on time.
How often are DTW to ESC flights cancelled?
4.65% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 47 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Detroit to Escanaba?
March, when 100% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 65.2%.
When DTW to ESC flights are late, how late are they?
About 151 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 DTW to ESC during July 2024 – July 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 →