Airports › Detroit (DTW) › March 2025
Airport month · March 2025
Detroit Metro Wayne County in March 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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,369 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 10,760 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 81.3% of the time (10,364 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, national aviation system 22% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.3% | 83.3% | 77.3% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | 83.1% | 75.4% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.3 min | 11.9 min | 17.7 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 346 | 359 | 334 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,369 | 10,760 | 121,889 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,768 | 46% | 81.8% | 1.5 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,341 | 23% | 78.3% | 7.9 min | 1.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,149 | 11% | 82.9% | -2.3 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 484 | 5% | 86.4% | -4.6 min | 1.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 452 | 4% | 88.9% | -1.7 min | 0.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 359 | 3% | 84.7% | -1.7 min | 0.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 254 | 2% | 70.1% | 9.4 min | 3.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 180 | 2% | 85.6% | -2.1 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 155 | 1% | 76.1% | 3.1 min | 1.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 139 | 1% | 77.7% | 21.2 min | 3.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 57 | 1% | 86.0% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 0% | 96.8% | -12.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 493 | 80.1% | 3.1 min | 0.8% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 440 | 81.1% | 0.9 min | 0.9% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 429 | 81.1% | 1.7 min | 1.2% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 370 | 80.3% | 6.9 min | 0.8% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 354 | 88.7% | -8.5 min | 0.6% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 319 | 81.8% | 3.2 min | 0.9% |
| DTW–TPA | Detroit to Tampa | 308 | 81.2% | 3.2 min | 0.6% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 287 | 75.3% | 8.9 min | 1.4% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 275 | 82.2% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–RSW | Detroit to Fort Myers | 268 | 80.2% | -0.2 min | 2.2% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 243 | 82.3% | -2.2 min | 0.8% |
| DTW–BOS | Detroit to Boston | 239 | 84.9% | 0.7 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in March 2025?
81.3% of 10,369 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 83.3% of 10,760 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.8% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.