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Airport month · January 2024
Detroit Metro Wayne County in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,473 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 71.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.6% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 71.6% of the time (9,470 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, extreme weather 23% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 66.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.7%
- Cancelled 3.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.5% | — | 77.3% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 66.6% | — | 75.4% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 3.4% | — | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.8 min | — | 17.7 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 316 | — | 334 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,473 | — | 121,889 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,410 | 47% | 69.5% | 16.2 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,484 | 16% | 53.7% | 44.2 min | 7.7% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,196 | 13% | 70.0% | 13.5 min | 2.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 757 | 8% | 68.2% | 7.7 min | 2.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 371 | 4% | 72.2% | 10.0 min | 4.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 325 | 3% | 66.2% | 22.8 min | 4.9% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 322 | 3% | 67.4% | 8.4 min | 5.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 189 | 2% | 64.6% | 24.6 min | 5.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 173 | 2% | 69.9% | 12.8 min | 5.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 94 | 1% | 64.9% | 19.2 min | 1.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 93 | 1% | 73.1% | 10.7 min | 7.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 35 | 0% | 48.6% | 27.1 min | 8.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 407 | 74.0% | 12.7 min | 1.0% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 358 | 64.2% | 25.2 min | 2.5% |
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 353 | 59.5% | 29.0 min | 9.1% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 342 | 75.1% | 7.2 min | 4.4% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 250 | 60.0% | 18.7 min | 3.2% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 244 | 75.0% | 10.3 min | 2.5% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 235 | 77.0% | -0.1 min | 1.3% |
| DTW–PHL | Detroit to Philadelphia | 228 | 66.7% | 25.4 min | 3.9% |
| DTW–DCA | Detroit to Washington | 222 | 64.9% | 16.0 min | 4.5% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 219 | 63.0% | 17.3 min | 1.4% |
| DTW–RSW | Detroit to Fort Myers | 213 | 58.2% | 18.1 min | 0.9% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 209 | 75.6% | 7.8 min | 2.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in January 2024?
71.5% of 9,473 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.