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DTW → TPA

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Tampa International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
70 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,290
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 43%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 28%
  • Air traffic control & airport 24%
  • 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 95.9% 149
October 2025 90.1% 181
November 2025 85.6% 173
December 2025 61.8% 233
January 2026 65.5% 225
February 2026 80.1% 234
March 2026 76.0% 320
April 2026 77.0% 229
May 2026 83.0% 141
June 2026 87.8% 133
July 2026 79.0% 140
August 2026 79.7% 132

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 1,716 81.5% 1.2% 68 min
NK 405 70.8% 4.9% 68 min
Frontier Airlines 164 69.8% 1.2% 89 min
Southwest Airlines 5 40.0% 0.0% 25 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1355

    23% late · 349 flights

  • DL1243

    19% late · 307 flights

  • DL2852

    12% late · 255 flights

  • DL2587

    20% late · 250 flights

  • DL2858

    20% late · 122 flights

  • DL596

    12% late · 110 flights

  • F91036

    34% late · 107 flights

  • NK2021

    27% late · 98 flights

  • NK585

    51% late · 90 flights

  • DL2150

    14% late · 86 flights

  • DL1656

    14% late · 72 flights

  • NK1500

    12% late · 57 flights

  • F92686

    24% late · 51 flights

  • DL1172

    23% late · 36 flights

  • DL703

    22% late · 36 flights

  • NK2214

    31% late · 35 flights

  • NK1221

    0% late · 33 flights

  • NK630

    41% late · 33 flights

  • NK1520

    17% late · 31 flights

  • DL2175

    17% late · 24 flights

  • DL1776

    4% late · 23 flights

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