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Airport month · February 2024
Detroit Metro Wayne County in February 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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,097 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 88.5% of the time (9,097 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 89.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.1%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2024 | Year earlier | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 88.6% | — | 77.3% | 84.0% |
| Arrived on time | 89.5% | — | 75.4% | 83.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 1.9% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.9 min | — | 17.7 min | 11.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 303 | — | 334 | 17,307 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,097 | — | 121,889 | 519,221 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,167 | 46% | 90.4% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,560 | 17% | 89.3% | -5.9 min | 0.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 946 | 10% | 90.9% | -6.1 min | 0.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 844 | 9% | 86.1% | -6.2 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 395 | 4% | 89.1% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 300 | 3% | 88.3% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 273 | 3% | 93.0% | -13.0 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 203 | 2% | 88.7% | -7.1 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 187 | 2% | 85.6% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 87 | 1% | 74.7% | 8.3 min | 2.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 79 | 1% | 91.1% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 31 | 0% | 87.1% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 381 | 91.6% | -8.4 min | 0.5% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 370 | 89.7% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 365 | 85.5% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 316 | 89.2% | -5.3 min | 1.3% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 256 | 93.8% | -12.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 249 | 89.6% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 247 | 91.5% | -9.1 min | 0.8% |
| DTW–RSW | Detroit to Fort Myers | 231 | 86.6% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DCA | Detroit to Washington | 216 | 91.2% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 216 | 87.0% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 213 | 83.1% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–TPA | Detroit to Tampa | 212 | 90.6% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in February 2024?
88.6% of 9,097 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
February 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 February 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.