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DTW → PHL

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Philadelphia International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
103 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,000
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 34%
  • Air traffic control & airport 26%
  • 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 87.2% 266
October 2025 86.5% 282
November 2025 80.4% 239
December 2025 64.8% 233
January 2026 72.8% 218
February 2026 76.0% 213
March 2026 83.7% 220
April 2026 84.1% 233
May 2026 85.0% 248
June 2026 79.0% 251
July 2026 68.1% 282
August 2026 72.3% 315

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 1,582 80.1% 2.4% 83 min
OH 1,011 76.9% 7.1% 119 min
American Airlines 107 86.7% 0.9% 222 min
Frontier Airlines 92 54.4% 2.2% 127 min
NK 81 81.5% 0.0% 99 min
SkyWest Airlines 71 61.2% 2.8% 96 min
Republic Airways 56 96.4% 1.8% 99 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2402

    19% late · 364 flights

  • DL2968

    12% late · 340 flights

  • DL1391

    32% late · 239 flights

  • DL1686

    26% late · 229 flights

  • DL2331

    12% late · 156 flights

  • OH5079

    31% late · 113 flights

  • DL2189

    16% late · 110 flights

  • DL2985

    23% late · 109 flights

  • F92022

    46% late · 92 flights

  • OH5338

    21% late · 80 flights

  • OH5170

    13% late · 76 flights

  • OH5636

    24% late · 71 flights

  • OH5106

    22% late · 65 flights

  • OH5480

    27% late · 63 flights

  • OH5167

    27% late · 61 flights

  • NK1526

    15% late · 59 flights

  • OH5538

    24% late · 54 flights

  • OH5220

    20% late · 44 flights

  • OH5493

    2% late · 44 flights

  • OH5545

    16% late · 44 flights

  • OH5319

    31% late · 34 flights

  • OH5427

    53% late · 34 flights

  • AA1557

    24% late · 33 flights

  • AA2627

    6% late · 32 flights

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