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Airport month · April 2025
Detroit Metro Wayne County in April 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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,058 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 10,770 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 7%.
Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 83.8% of the time (10,059 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.
- On time 81.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 | DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.8% | 84.4% | 77.3% | 80.6% |
| Arrived on time | 81.3% | 83.7% | 75.4% | 79.5% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 0.8% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.7 min | 11.6 min | 17.7 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 335 | 359 | 334 | 19,465 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,058 | 10,770 | 121,889 | 583,950 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,914 | 49% | 79.8% | 5.1 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,203 | 22% | 84.4% | 2.6 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 911 | 9% | 83.4% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 512 | 5% | 86.7% | 0.9 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 454 | 5% | 74.0% | 20.7 min | 2.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 340 | 3% | 82.6% | 3.7 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 227 | 2% | 83.3% | 3.4 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 186 | 2% | 73.7% | 14.8 min | 1.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 142 | 1% | 81.0% | 3.0 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 70 | 1% | 70.0% | 13.2 min | 5.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 61 | 1% | 85.2% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 38 | 0% | 84.2% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW–ORD | Detroit to Chicago | 532 | 80.1% | 6.1 min | 1.9% |
| DTW–ATL | Detroit to Atlanta | 421 | 83.6% | 1.7 min | 0.5% |
| DTW–DFW | Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth | 358 | 63.7% | 27.3 min | 2.0% |
| DTW–MCO | Detroit to Orlando | 349 | 83.7% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–CLT | Detroit to Charlotte | 324 | 84.3% | -0.5 min | 0.9% |
| DTW–LAS | Detroit to Las Vegas | 297 | 82.5% | 4.0 min | 0.3% |
| DTW–LGA | Detroit to New York | 270 | 83.0% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–FLL | Detroit to Fort Lauderdale | 253 | 77.9% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–BOS | Detroit to Boston | 239 | 81.6% | 1.0 min | 0.4% |
| DTW–DEN | Detroit to Denver | 238 | 70.2% | 12.7 min | 0.0% |
| DTW–TPA | Detroit to Tampa | 236 | 80.5% | 6.3 min | 0.8% |
| DTW–LAX | Detroit to Los Angeles | 233 | 78.1% | 7.4 min | 0.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DTW on time in April 2025?
83.8% of 10,058 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2024, 84.4% of 10,770 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.6% in April 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.