Airports › Detroit (DTW) › May 2024
Airport month · May 2024
Detroit Metro Wayne County in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,294 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 80.0% of the time (11,295 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 77.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.2% | — | 77.3% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 77.8% | — | 75.4% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.3 min | — | 17.7 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 377 | — | 334 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,294 | — | 121,889 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 5,344 | 47% | 76.5% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,100 | 19% | 79.4% | 10.8 min | 0.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 1,033 | 9% | 88.3% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 942 | 8% | 78.8% | 4.1 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 538 | 5% | 68.0% | 24.7 min | 4.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 359 | 3% | 87.7% | -0.4 min | 1.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 327 | 3% | 77.1% | 10.1 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 205 | 2% | 62.0% | 19.6 min | 3.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 159 | 1% | 70.4% | 11.8 min | 2.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 150 | 1% | 72.7% | 18.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 58 | 1% | 72.4% | 12.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 47 | 0% | 74.5% | 37.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 485 | 76.7% | 22.6 min | 1.4% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 445 | 78.9% | 4.7 min | 0.4% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 363 | 78.2% | 11.1 min | 1.1% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 355 | 79.4% | 4.5 min | 0.6% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 330 | 77.9% | 5.6 min | 0.6% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 319 | 55.8% | 28.3 min | 5.0% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 292 | 72.3% | 10.4 min | 0.7% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 290 | 82.1% | 1.9 min | 1.0% |
| DTW–PHL | Detroit to Philadelphia | 270 | 85.6% | -0.4 min | 0.4% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 260 | 73.8% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LAX | Detroit to Los Angeles | 259 | 78.4% | 5.0 min | 0.4% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 245 | 74.7% | 10.6 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in May 2024?
80.2% of 11,294 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.