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DTW → LGA

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport LaGuardia Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
5.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
80 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,862
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Air traffic control & airport 47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 19%
  • Extreme weather 4%
  • 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 83.3% 365
October 2025 73.5% 386
November 2025 69.7% 371
December 2025 65.0% 354
January 2026 76.6% 349
February 2026 77.6% 324
March 2026 68.8% 333
April 2026 76.5% 333
May 2026 80.8% 270
June 2026 75.7% 255
July 2026 72.9% 263
August 2026 77.3% 259

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 1,981 76.4% 4.0% 78 min
Republic Airways 1,052 76.8% 5.8% 84 min
NK 829 67.9% 8.3% 79 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2589

    15% late · 365 flights

  • DL2602

    25% late · 364 flights

  • DL2603

    28% late · 363 flights

  • DL1487

    12% late · 360 flights

  • YX4477

    15% late · 344 flights

  • DL2604

    41% late · 300 flights

  • DL1669

    25% late · 229 flights

  • YX4412

    42% late · 155 flights

  • YX4707

    23% late · 124 flights

  • NK1802

    35% late · 97 flights

  • NK980

    25% late · 87 flights

  • NK983

    39% late · 78 flights

  • YX4494

    15% late · 75 flights

  • NK303

    37% late · 73 flights

  • YX4415

    19% late · 65 flights

  • YX4630

    36% late · 65 flights

  • NK1175

    35% late · 59 flights

  • NK174

    12% late · 59 flights

  • NK387

    32% late · 50 flights

  • YX4433

    20% late · 44 flights

  • YX4434

    11% late · 37 flights

  • NK391

    41% late · 35 flights

  • NK562

    42% late · 35 flights

  • NK393

    45% late · 34 flights

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