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Airport month · January 2025
Detroit Metro Wayne County in January 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,253 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 9,473 departures with 71.5% leaving on time: a change of +6.4 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 77.3% of the time (9,254 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, national aviation system 21% and late-arriving aircraft 16%.
- On time 74.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.9% | 71.5% | 77.3% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 74.4% | 66.6% | 75.4% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | 3.4% | 1.9% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.5 min | 25.8 min | 17.7 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 308 | 316 | 334 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,253 | 9,473 | 121,889 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,302 | 46% | 75.8% | 3.3 min | 1.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,288 | 25% | 68.4% | 19.2 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 835 | 9% | 76.5% | 1.0 min | 1.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 480 | 5% | 80.8% | -0.7 min | 1.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 399 | 4% | 76.4% | 5.0 min | 2.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 321 | 3% | 81.0% | 0.7 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 209 | 2% | 80.4% | 3.3 min | 1.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 138 | 1% | 72.5% | 4.0 min | 1.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 136 | 1% | 58.1% | 36.8 min | 8.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 87 | 1% | 80.5% | 4.3 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 34 | 0% | 85.3% | -2.8 min | 2.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 24 | 0% | 83.3% | -11.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 423 | 76.1% | 14.0 min | 0.5% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 355 | 77.5% | 3.7 min | 3.4% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 333 | 71.2% | 5.5 min | 4.8% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 321 | 73.8% | 4.5 min | 0.6% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 308 | 70.8% | 8.8 min | 0.6% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 291 | 81.4% | 1.4 min | 1.7% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 242 | 76.9% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–DCA | Detroit to Washington | 227 | 67.8% | 15.3 min | 6.2% |
| DTW–PHL | Detroit to Philadelphia | 221 | 75.6% | 7.2 min | 1.8% |
| DTW–LAX | Detroit to Los Angeles | 219 | 77.2% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 211 | 70.1% | 10.6 min | 0.9% |
| DTW–IAH | Detroit to Houston | 208 | 72.1% | 5.7 min | 3.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in January 2025?
77.9% of 9,253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 71.5% of 9,473 departures left on time and 3.4% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 1.5% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.