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DTW → MEM

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Frederick W. Smith International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
88 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
991
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 65%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 14%
  • Extreme weather 11%
  • Air traffic control & airport 10%
  • 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 82.7% 105
October 2025 86.1% 115
November 2025 81.8% 68
December 2025 59.4% 71
January 2026 60.7% 67
February 2026 72.7% 66
March 2026 67.9% 88
April 2026 85.1% 68
May 2026 84.8% 81
June 2026 80.2% 86
July 2026 73.9% 89
August 2026 83.9% 87

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 572 76.0% 1.4% 90 min
Delta Air Lines 408 79.7% 2.0% 85 min
Republic Airways 11 72.7% 0.0% 39 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1230

    21% late · 227 flights

  • OO4111

    23% late · 94 flights

  • DL3137

    11% late · 74 flights

  • OO4007

    36% late · 73 flights

  • OO4092

    12% late · 64 flights

  • OO3762

    39% late · 49 flights

  • OO4170

    15% late · 49 flights

  • DL1718

    17% late · 35 flights

  • OO4114

    24% late · 34 flights

  • OO3590

    26% late · 31 flights

  • OO3720

    10% late · 31 flights

  • OO3760

    33% late · 31 flights

  • OO3738

    16% late · 25 flights

  • DL1371

    23% late · 22 flights

  • OO3734

    14% late · 21 flights

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