Detroit Metro Wayne County in February 2025

78.2%departed on time

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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,580 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 9,097 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of −10.4 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 78.6% of the time (8,587 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 13%.

On time 71.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.1%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DTW in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	78.2%	88.6%	77.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	71.8%	89.5%	75.4%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.2%	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	7.9 min	17.7 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	286	303	334	16,830
Scheduled departures	8,580	9,097	121,889	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	3,941	46%	74.5%	6.0 min	0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,981	23%	67.0%	17.8 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	893	10%	70.2%	11.4 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	438	5%	78.8%	4.4 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	395	5%	73.4%	18.4 min	2.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	305	4%	76.4%	0.7 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	175	2%	69.1%	9.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	173	2%	69.9%	15.1 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	124	1%	49.2%	38.8 min	15.3%
MQ Envoy Air	102	1%	58.8%	24.1 min	2.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	29	0%	69.0%	18.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	24	0%	70.8%	7.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DTW–ORD	Detroit to Chicago	389	69.4%	10.5 min	3.6%
DTW–ATL	Detroit to Atlanta	361	78.1%	3.1 min	0.3%
DTW–MCO	Detroit to Orlando	338	75.7%	13.0 min	0.3%
DTW–DFW	Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth	302	72.2%	3.4 min	0.7%
DTW–CLT	Detroit to Charlotte	295	77.6%	15.9 min	1.7%
DTW–LGA	Detroit to New York	272	76.5%	3.6 min	1.8%
DTW–LAS	Detroit to Las Vegas	230	69.1%	17.1 min	0.0%
DTW–FLL	Detroit to Fort Lauderdale	218	70.6%	14.5 min	0.0%
DTW–TPA	Detroit to Tampa	211	66.4%	12.2 min	1.4%
DTW–DCA	Detroit to Washington	210	53.3%	30.7 min	4.3%
DTW–RSW	Detroit to Fort Myers	203	73.4%	11.9 min	0.5%
DTW–EWR	Detroit to Newark	202	73.8%	7.3 min	0.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.9%	33.9%	81,141
Late-arriving aircraft	13.2%	36.9%	22,846
National Aviation System	30.8%	22.5%	53,355
Extreme weather	9.1%	6.6%	15,683
Security	0.1%	0.1%	135

173,160 delay minutes on 2,321 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DTW on time in February 2025?

78.2% of 8,580 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.6% of 9,097 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 0.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.