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DTW → EWR

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Newark Liberty International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
5.5%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
80 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,642
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 22%
  • 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 83.9% 359
October 2025 71.7% 348
November 2025 77.7% 334
December 2025 64.1% 292
January 2026 75.9% 294
February 2026 78.9% 284
March 2026 77.4% 324
April 2026 80.6% 279
May 2026 88.1% 260
June 2026 79.5% 280
July 2026 71.3% 296
August 2026 80.5% 292

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 1,612 75.4% 3.9% 81 min
Republic Airways 1,539 81.8% 6.4% 79 min
NK 434 67.6% 9.0% 74 min
United Airlines 57 91.1% 1.8% 122 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2577

    19% late · 362 flights

  • DL2609

    29% late · 360 flights

  • DL2566

    10% late · 342 flights

  • DL2573

    28% late · 330 flights

  • YX3652

    13% late · 249 flights

  • YX3706

    12% late · 197 flights

  • YX3409

    9% late · 196 flights

  • DL2567

    48% late · 194 flights

  • YX3420

    23% late · 151 flights

  • YX3611

    25% late · 131 flights

  • YX3439

    18% late · 117 flights

  • YX3644

    28% late · 99 flights

  • YX3701

    27% late · 98 flights

  • NK830

    21% late · 96 flights

  • YX3699

    24% late · 66 flights

  • NK1000

    49% late · 58 flights

  • NK1445

    49% late · 58 flights

  • NK2034

    4% late · 50 flights

  • YX3425

    5% late · 43 flights

  • YX3666

    23% late · 40 flights

  • NK1154

    30% late · 35 flights

  • NK1666

    48% late · 33 flights

  • NK2072

    48% late · 28 flights

  • NK601

    19% late · 28 flights

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