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BUF → DTW

Buffalo Niagara International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
81.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
105 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,294
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 61%
  • Extreme weather 23%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 5%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 96.3% 54
October 2025 91.4% 128
November 2025 83.7% 108
December 2025 59.6% 98
January 2026 69.0% 62
February 2026 73.4% 80
March 2026 74.8% 118
April 2026 84.5% 129
May 2026 86.8% 107
June 2026 85.7% 135
July 2026 78.4% 150
August 2026 90.9% 125

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
SkyWest Airlines 844 80.5% 1.4% 109 min
Delta Air Lines 443 84.0% 2.7% 97 min
Republic Airways 7 83.3% 14.3% 31 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL2898

    10% late · 284 flights

  • OO3636

    15% late · 86 flights

  • OO3642

    21% late · 86 flights

  • OO3639

    9% late · 85 flights

  • OO4149

    28% late · 78 flights

  • OO3599

    12% late · 73 flights

  • OO3968

    17% late · 68 flights

  • DL1322

    19% late · 57 flights

  • OO3637

    29% late · 49 flights

  • DL638

    30% late · 38 flights

  • OO3982

    36% late · 36 flights

  • OO3983

    34% late · 36 flights

  • OO3969

    26% late · 31 flights

  • OO4021

    10% late · 31 flights

  • OO3947

    11% late · 27 flights

  • OO3998

    23% late · 26 flights

  • DL2141

    32% late · 24 flights

  • OO3955

    4% late · 24 flights

  • OO3513

    17% late · 23 flights

  • DL2139

    20% late · 21 flights

  • OO3949

    10% late · 21 flights

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