DTW to PHX flight delays
Detroit, MI (DTW) Phoenix, AZ (PHX) · 1,671 miles
199 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
74.75%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.5%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
97 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only Delta Air Lines 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.
Flights from Detroit to Phoenix run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on DTW to PHX.
Every airline on DTW to PHX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 109 | 73.15% | 0.92% | 47 min | C |
| American Airlines | 60 | 83.33% | 0% | 238 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 30 | 63.33% | 0% | 97 min | — |
The return leg
PHX to DTW Phoenix back to Detroit 76.41% on time COther routes from Detroit
Common questions
Are flights from Detroit to Phoenix usually delayed?
74.75% of flights on the DTW to PHX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Detroit to Phoenix?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 109 flights and 73.15% arriving on time.
How often are DTW to PHX flights cancelled?
0.5% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DTW to PHX flights are late, how late are they?
About 97 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 PHX 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 →