Route
DTW → ATL
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.9%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 80 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 4,832
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 43%
- Late-arriving aircraft 35%
- Air traffic control & airport 20%
- Extreme weather 2%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 89.9% | 426 |
| October 2025 | 86.4% | 428 |
| November 2025 | 78.4% | 376 |
| December 2025 | 70.3% | 380 |
| January 2026 | 70.1% | 397 |
| February 2026 | 81.5% | 358 |
| March 2026 | 74.0% | 423 |
| April 2026 | 85.1% | 428 |
| May 2026 | 77.4% | 400 |
| June 2026 | 84.5% | 378 |
| July 2026 | 67.7% | 419 |
| August 2026 | 80.1% | 419 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 3,780 | 81.2% | 0.5% | 73 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 546 | 66.0% | 1.5% | 106 min |
| NK | 506 | 75.4% | 2.4% | 78 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL1611
13% late · 365 flights
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DL2856
13% late · 365 flights
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DL1467
24% late · 359 flights
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DL2375
9% late · 357 flights
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DL2053
28% late · 356 flights
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DL965
13% late · 322 flights
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DL2188
33% late · 303 flights
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DL2777
12% late · 298 flights
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F91263
23% late · 294 flights
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DL1228
20% late · 273 flights
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DL1653
18% late · 272 flights
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F92897
40% late · 134 flights
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DL2294
26% late · 126 flights
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NK2068
27% late · 97 flights
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F92899
64% late · 86 flights
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DL1983
19% late · 83 flights
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DL1722
23% late · 81 flights
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NK206
33% late · 63 flights
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DL561
16% late · 62 flights
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DL672
32% late · 62 flights
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NK2137
8% late · 60 flights
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NK2053
31% late · 59 flights
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NK987
30% late · 58 flights
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NK1528
5% late · 39 flights
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