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Airport month · October 2024
Detroit Metro Wayne County in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,731 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 11,213 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 88.3% of the time (11,731 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 87.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.2% | 88.4% | 77.3% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 87.8% | 89.0% | 75.4% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.2 min | 8.3 min | 17.7 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 391 | 374 | 334 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,731 | 11,213 | 121,889 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 5,107 | 44% | 87.3% | -3.1 min | 0.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,795 | 24% | 85.0% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 912 | 8% | 95.1% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 843 | 7% | 87.7% | -9.6 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 548 | 5% | 89.2% | -3.9 min | 0.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 449 | 4% | 95.1% | -9.3 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 362 | 3% | 94.8% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 232 | 2% | 87.1% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 171 | 1% | 70.2% | 11.3 min | 3.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 124 | 1% | 90.3% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 80 | 1% | 90.0% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 77 | 1% | 85.7% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 552 | 87.5% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 401 | 87.3% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 384 | 90.6% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 355 | 86.8% | -2.4 min | 0.3% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 347 | 90.5% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–EWR | Detroit to Newark | 318 | 87.4% | -4.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 315 | 88.9% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–PHL | Detroit to Philadelphia | 315 | 85.7% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 274 | 92.3% | -6.9 min | 0.4% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 269 | 80.3% | -2.4 min | 7.8% |
| DTW–BOS | Detroit to Boston | 250 | 83.2% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DCA | Detroit to Washington | 230 | 88.3% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in October 2024?
87.2% of 11,731 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 88.4% of 11,213 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 0.5% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.