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Airport month · April 2024
Detroit Metro Wayne County in April 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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,770 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 84.3% of the time (10,773 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, national aviation system 23% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.
- On time 83.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.4% | — | 77.3% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 83.7% | — | 75.4% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.6 min | — | 17.7 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 359 | — | 334 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,770 | — | 121,889 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,768 | 44% | 83.2% | 2.6 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,146 | 20% | 79.7% | 9.3 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,156 | 11% | 90.7% | -2.7 min | 0.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 931 | 9% | 87.9% | -7.7 min | 1.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 486 | 5% | 79.2% | 9.2 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 327 | 3% | 88.1% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 327 | 3% | 89.6% | -3.6 min | 1.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 173 | 2% | 72.8% | 25.6 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 142 | 1% | 81.7% | -0.3 min | 0.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 126 | 1% | 87.3% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 120 | 1% | 79.2% | 5.3 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 39 | 0% | 87.2% | -3.2 min | 2.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 464 | 81.3% | 4.7 min | 0.2% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 419 | 87.8% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 349 | 85.7% | 2.8 min | 1.1% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 347 | 85.6% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 342 | 81.0% | 0.6 min | 2.0% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 271 | 75.6% | 6.3 min | 1.5% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 270 | 85.2% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 260 | 84.6% | 1.7 min | 0.4% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 257 | 85.6% | -2.3 min | 1.2% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 248 | 76.2% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–TPA | Detroit to Tampa | 246 | 85.4% | 4.1 min | 1.6% |
| DTW–PHL | Detroit to Philadelphia | 242 | 83.9% | 2.9 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in April 2024?
84.4% of 10,770 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.