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RDU → DTW

Raleigh-Durham International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
88.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.5%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
89 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,480
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
  • Air traffic control & airport 27%
  • 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 93.1% 130
October 2025 95.7% 141
November 2025 89.3% 150
December 2025 75.4% 124
January 2026 86.6% 103
February 2026 91.8% 99
March 2026 86.0% 122
April 2026 88.0% 128
May 2026 89.1% 121
June 2026 93.8% 113
July 2026 81.2% 117
August 2026 91.6% 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 1,333 88.6% 1.6% 92 min
Frontier Airlines 114 87.6% 0.9% 59 min
NK 33 90.9% 0.0% 100 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1388

    6% late · 365 flights

  • DL1427

    7% late · 243 flights

  • DL2164

    13% late · 239 flights

  • DL1407

    15% late · 200 flights

  • F94937

    12% late · 114 flights

  • DL967

    17% late · 109 flights

  • DL2265

    12% late · 78 flights

  • DL1578

    32% late · 31 flights

  • DL2174

    10% late · 31 flights

  • DL1608

    33% late · 24 flights

  • NK1758

    4% late · 24 flights

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