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DTW → IAD

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
88 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,198
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 68%
  • Air traffic control & airport 16%
  • Extreme weather 9%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 6%
  • Security 1%

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 88.6% 79
October 2025 84.3% 89
November 2025 68.6% 35
December 2025 59.5% 75
January 2026 52.3% 90
February 2026 63.6% 78
March 2026 62.4% 128
April 2026 89.0% 109
May 2026 83.3% 145
June 2026 85.7% 120
July 2026 78.7% 123
August 2026 88.9% 127

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 690 69.9% 1.2% 92 min
Republic Airways 270 85.8% 1.1% 66 min
Delta Air Lines 199 87.3% 1.0% 84 min
United Airlines 39 87.2% 0.0% 137 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO3988

    30% late · 116 flights

  • DL1787

    17% late · 104 flights

  • YX3500

    9% late · 82 flights

  • OO3776

    26% late · 81 flights

  • DL2884

    8% late · 74 flights

  • OO3939

    50% late · 62 flights

  • OO3971

    37% late · 62 flights

  • OO3910

    25% late · 60 flights

  • OO3788

    22% late · 58 flights

  • OO4038

    2% late · 40 flights

  • OO3868

    31% late · 36 flights

  • OO3960

    50% late · 36 flights

  • OO3849

    3% late · 31 flights

  • OO3878

    0% late · 24 flights

  • YX3518

    26% late · 24 flights

  • DL955

    10% late · 21 flights

  • YX3404

    30% late · 21 flights

  • YX3485

    5% late · 21 flights

  • UA1265

    20% late · 20 flights

  • YX3548

    40% late · 20 flights

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