MQT to DTW flight delays
Marquette, MI (MQT) Detroit, MI (DTW) · 349 miles
729 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.45%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.7%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
118 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
21 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 48.4 points more punctual than in January — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.7% 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 shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 118 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 MQT to DTW. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in January.
Every airline on MQT 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 | 729 | 82.45% | 3.7% | 118 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DTW to MQT Detroit back to Marquette 79.8% on time DOther routes from Marquette
Common questions
Are flights from Marquette to Detroit usually delayed?
82.45% of flights on the MQT to DTW 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 Marquette to Detroit?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 729 flights and 82.45% arriving on time.
How often are MQT to DTW flights cancelled?
3.7% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 37 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Marquette to Detroit?
September, when 96.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 48.3%.
When MQT to DTW flights are late, how late are they?
About 118 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 MQT to DTW 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 →