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DTW → SDF

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.5%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
90 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,089
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 53%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 20%
  • Extreme weather 18%
  • 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 95.9% 73
October 2025 90.5% 105
November 2025 81.9% 107
December 2025 61.6% 88
January 2026 65.8% 81
February 2026 72.4% 76
March 2026 65.7% 108
April 2026 80.7% 116
May 2026 80.5% 118
June 2026 77.5% 71
July 2026 83.6% 62
August 2026 73.2% 84

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 670 78.0% 1.6% 89 min
Republic Airways 408 77.6% 1.2% 92 min
Delta Air Lines 11 45.5% 0.0% 90 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • YX5832

    24% late · 364 flights

  • OO3993

    19% late · 174 flights

  • OO3821

    15% late · 170 flights

  • OO3957

    32% late · 101 flights

  • OO3575

    19% late · 79 flights

  • OO4120

    22% late · 45 flights

  • YX5662

    6% late · 36 flights

  • OO3931

    27% late · 31 flights

  • OO3890

    19% late · 22 flights

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