Route
DTW → LAX
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 75.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 64 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 2,361
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 54%
- Late-arriving aircraft 21%
- Air traffic control & airport 21%
- Extreme weather 3%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 88.2% | 229 |
| October 2025 | 84.2% | 234 |
| November 2025 | 80.8% | 185 |
| December 2025 | 62.6% | 213 |
| January 2026 | 67.7% | 201 |
| February 2026 | 77.0% | 179 |
| March 2026 | 76.1% | 214 |
| April 2026 | 70.0% | 209 |
| May 2026 | 82.4% | 186 |
| June 2026 | 71.9% | 171 |
| July 2026 | 74.3% | 184 |
| August 2026 | 71.1% | 156 |
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 | 1,954 | 75.8% | 0.9% | 63 min |
| NK | 405 | 75.6% | 1.7% | 67 min |
| American Airlines | 2 | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL694
36% late · 364 flights
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DL883
23% late · 364 flights
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DL634
19% late · 349 flights
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DL852
21% late · 256 flights
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DL523
26% late · 215 flights
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DL908
25% late · 213 flights
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DL794
10% late · 150 flights
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NK985
41% late · 86 flights
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NK1917
7% late · 58 flights
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NK1662
5% late · 56 flights
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NK2004
16% late · 37 flights
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NK174
44% late · 34 flights
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NK301
27% late · 30 flights
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NK483
30% late · 30 flights
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NK1511
21% late · 29 flights
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DL403
38% late · 21 flights
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