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DTW to IMT flight delays

Detroit, MI (DTW) Iron Mountain/Kingsfd, MI (IMT) · 344 miles

729 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics

76.67%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

2.06%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

120 min

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

29 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

The season swings this route hard. In October it ran 50.3 points more punctual than in December — 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 10.3 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.

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.

The Detroit to Iron Mountain/Kingsfd route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over July 2024 – July 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on DTW to IMT. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in December.

Every airline on DTW to IMT

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 729 76.67% 2.06% 120 min D

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jul 2024 peak 96 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from Detroit to Iron Mountain/Kingsfd usually delayed?

76.67% of flights on the DTW to IMT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.

Which airlines fly from Detroit to Iron Mountain/Kingsfd?

Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 729 flights and 76.67% arriving on time.

How often are DTW to IMT flights cancelled?

2.06% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 21 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly Detroit to Iron Mountain/Kingsfd?

October, when 96.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 46.4%.

When DTW to IMT flights are late, how late are they?

About 120 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 IMT 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 →