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IAD → DTW

Washington Dulles International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
110 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,178
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 65%
  • Extreme weather 13%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 9%
  • 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 91.0% 78
October 2025 93.3% 89
November 2025 69.4% 36
December 2025 55.7% 61
January 2026 61.2% 84
February 2026 66.2% 78
March 2026 66.7% 128
April 2026 85.5% 110
May 2026 87.3% 144
June 2026 83.8% 120
July 2026 76.2% 123
August 2026 84.1% 127

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 689 77.2% 1.2% 131 min
Republic Airways 251 78.0% 1.6% 74 min
Delta Air Lines 199 82.7% 1.5% 87 min
United Airlines 39 79.5% 0.0% 53 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO3826

    15% late · 117 flights

  • DL1787

    24% late · 104 flights

  • OO3776

    21% late · 81 flights

  • DL2884

    9% late · 74 flights

  • OO3931

    24% late · 62 flights

  • OO3939

    48% late · 62 flights

  • OO3796

    7% late · 59 flights

  • YX3495

    26% late · 47 flights

  • YX3643

    30% late · 45 flights

  • OO4038

    2% late · 40 flights

  • OO3868

    40% late · 36 flights

  • OO3888

    25% late · 36 flights

  • OO3910

    23% late · 36 flights

  • YX3502

    12% late · 35 flights

  • OO3849

    6% late · 31 flights

  • OO3878

    12% late · 24 flights

  • OO3905

    4% late · 24 flights

  • DL955

    14% late · 21 flights

  • UA2265

    24% late · 21 flights

  • YX3494

    19% late · 21 flights

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