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MCI → DTW

Kansas City International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
87.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
88 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,344
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 45%
  • Air traffic control & airport 7%
  • Extreme weather 1%
  • 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 89.6% 107
October 2025 92.3% 117
November 2025 86.8% 107
December 2025 76.6% 110
January 2026 86.5% 98
February 2026 88.3% 105
March 2026 89.5% 119
April 2026 87.7% 116
May 2026 93.8% 117
June 2026 83.2% 113
July 2026 89.7% 117
August 2026 88.1% 118

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 1,326 87.9% 1.3% 88 min
SkyWest Airlines 17 76.5% 0.0% 105 min
American Airlines 1 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1256

    6% late · 238 flights

  • DL2826

    13% late · 228 flights

  • DL2761

    15% late · 227 flights

  • DL2741

    12% late · 177 flights

  • DL1844

    7% late · 110 flights

  • DL1101

    17% late · 109 flights

  • DL1826

    10% late · 79 flights

  • DL1843

    19% late · 73 flights

  • DL1556

    16% late · 31 flights

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