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Airport month · December 2023
Detroit Metro Wayne County in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 9,982 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 88.3% of the time (9,988 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 89.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.5% | — | 77.3% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 89.4% | — | 75.4% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.9 min | — | 17.7 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 333 | — | 334 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,982 | — | 121,889 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,848 | 49% | 92.1% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,373 | 14% | 91.0% | -7.0 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,341 | 13% | 85.2% | 1.5 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 826 | 8% | 84.7% | -4.1 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 353 | 4% | 83.3% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 330 | 3% | 87.0% | -1.5 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 280 | 3% | 93.9% | -12.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 191 | 2% | 72.8% | 15.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 153 | 2% | 92.2% | -11.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 113 | 1% | 79.6% | 11.1 min | 1.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 113 | 1% | 86.7% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 0% | 96.8% | -15.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 457 | 88.8% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 400 | 86.8% | -4.2 min | 0.3% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 370 | 87.0% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 359 | 90.0% | -7.2 min | 0.3% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 245 | 93.1% | -10.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 241 | 94.2% | -17.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 236 | 82.6% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 231 | 93.1% | -12.5 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–PHL | Detroit to Philadelphia | 231 | 87.0% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–TPA | Detroit to Tampa | 229 | 82.1% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 222 | 89.6% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DCA | Detroit to Washington | 217 | 88.9% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in December 2023?
87.5% of 9,982 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.