MDT to DTW flight delays
Harrisburg, PA (MDT) Detroit, MI (DTW) · 371 miles
284 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.14%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.11%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
141 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
30 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 32.6 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 shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 141 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 MDT arrives on time 5.4 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.
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 January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on MDT to DTW. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in September.
Every airline on MDT 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 | 284 | 79.14% | 2.11% | 141 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DTW to MDT Detroit back to Harrisburg 73.74% on time DOther routes from Harrisburg
- MDT → ORD · Chicago D
- MDT → ATL · Atlanta B
- MDT → CLT · Charlotte C
- MDT → DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth C
- MDT → SFB · Sanford F
- MDT → PIE · St. Petersburg F
- MDT → PGD · Punta Gorda C
- MDT → MCO · Orlando D
- MDT → SRQ · Sarasota/Bradenton B
- MDT → BOS · Boston —
- MDT → MYR · Myrtle Beach —
- MDT → BNA · Nashville —
Common questions
Are flights from Harrisburg to Detroit usually delayed?
79.14% of flights on the MDT to DTW 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 Harrisburg to Detroit?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 284 flights and 79.14% arriving on time.
How often are MDT to DTW flights cancelled?
2.11% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 21 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Harrisburg to Detroit?
October, when 94.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 61.5%.
When MDT to DTW flights are late, how late are they?
About 141 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 MDT to DTW during January 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 →