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Airport month · November 2023
Detroit Metro Wayne County in November 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 10,320 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 89.1% of the time (10,317 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.
- On time 87.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
- Cancelled 0.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2023 | Year earlier | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 89.7% | — | 77.3% | 86.0% |
| Arrived on time | 87.6% | — | 75.4% | 86.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | — | 1.9% | 0.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.2 min | — | 17.7 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 344 | — | 334 | 18,793 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,320 | — | 121,889 | 563,777 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,898 | 47% | 89.1% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,639 | 16% | 86.0% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,112 | 11% | 91.4% | -9.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,016 | 10% | 83.4% | -1.6 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 410 | 4% | 83.2% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 323 | 3% | 88.2% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 238 | 2% | 92.9% | -13.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 228 | 2% | 74.1% | 22.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 168 | 2% | 89.9% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 165 | 2% | 81.2% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 78 | 1% | 89.7% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 30 | 0% | 80.0% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 455 | 86.2% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 418 | 86.6% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 372 | 87.6% | -6.2 min | 0.3% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 351 | 82.3% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 290 | 84.5% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 271 | 92.6% | -11.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 269 | 83.6% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 257 | 90.7% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 250 | 86.4% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LAX | Detroit to Los Angeles | 246 | 84.6% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DCA | Detroit to Washington | 221 | 90.0% | -7.1 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–BOS | Detroit to Boston | 219 | 85.4% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in November 2023?
89.7% of 10,320 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DTW · methodology · corrections.