TVC to DTW flight delays
Traverse City, MI (TVC) Detroit, MI (DTW) · 207 miles
1,079 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.35%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.32%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
91 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 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 48.6 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.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 8.5 points more often than SkyWest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The Traverse City to Detroit route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on TVC to DTW. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on TVC 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 | 701 | 73.35% | 2.43% | 97 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 378 | 81.89% | 2.12% | 76 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DTW to TVC Detroit back to Traverse City 75.9% on time DOther routes from Traverse City
Common questions
Are flights from Traverse City to Detroit usually delayed?
76.35% of flights on the TVC 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 airline is most on time from Traverse City to Detroit?
Delta Air Lines, at 81.89% on time across 378 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 73.35%.
How often are TVC to DTW flights cancelled?
2.32% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 23 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Traverse City to Detroit?
September, when 93.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 45.1%.
When TVC to DTW flights are late, how late are they?
About 91 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 TVC 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 →