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DTW → STL

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport St. Louis Lambert International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
76.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
67 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,899
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 48%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 35%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • 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 91.9% 148
October 2025 78.9% 171
November 2025 79.3% 153
December 2025 60.5% 156
January 2026 66.7% 122
February 2026 75.0% 112
March 2026 72.0% 161
April 2026 81.2% 167
May 2026 78.9% 179
June 2026 75.1% 173
July 2026 75.0% 177
August 2026 81.0% 180

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 1,104 80.4% 1.3% 67 min
Southwest Airlines 611 74.3% 0.7% 57 min
SkyWest Airlines 183 61.2% 1.6% 90 min
NK 1 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2822

    21% late · 332 flights

  • DL1541

    25% late · 321 flights

  • DL2868

    12% late · 246 flights

  • DL1537

    26% late · 93 flights

  • DL1371

    12% late · 91 flights

  • OO3960

    46% late · 60 flights

  • WN1368

    45% late · 60 flights

  • WN2361

    5% late · 58 flights

  • WN1783

    4% late · 52 flights

  • WN692

    50% late · 50 flights

  • WN4159

    58% late · 43 flights

  • WN2247

    20% late · 42 flights

  • OO3863

    36% late · 36 flights

  • WN2716

    12% late · 35 flights

  • WN2867

    12% late · 33 flights

  • OO3739

    36% late · 26 flights

  • WN493

    12% late · 26 flights

  • WN2869

    35% late · 23 flights

  • OO3854

    5% late · 21 flights

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