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DTW → BOS

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Boston Logan International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
73.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.7%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
74 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,572
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 43%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 27%
  • Extreme weather 1%
  • 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 72.8% 244
October 2025 71.7% 279
November 2025 76.3% 227
December 2025 71.7% 199
January 2026 69.3% 166
February 2026 80.7% 156
March 2026 80.3% 180
April 2026 74.4% 200
May 2026 80.5% 216
June 2026 77.3% 221
July 2026 61.2% 242
August 2026 70.0% 242

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
Delta Air Lines 1,716 74.6% 2.0% 69 min
JetBlue Airways 747 70.9% 4.7% 86 min
NK 107 75.7% 0.0% 63 min
Republic Airways 2 0.0% 50.0% 20 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1163

    9% late · 365 flights

  • DL2648

    17% late · 364 flights

  • DL1187

    30% late · 361 flights

  • DL1171

    32% late · 360 flights

  • DL1707

    45% late · 265 flights

  • B61336

    31% late · 263 flights

  • B61236

    10% late · 173 flights

  • B61136

    51% late · 141 flights

  • B62736

    33% late · 113 flights

  • NK2152

    23% late · 61 flights

  • B61036

    17% late · 53 flights

  • NK2328

    26% late · 31 flights

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