Detroit Metro Wayne County in November 2025

79.4%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 9,887 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 10,986 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −7.8 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 80.2% of the time (9,894 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 16%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.4%	87.2%	77.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	76.2%	84.6%	75.4%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.1%	1.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.6 min	9.0 min	17.7 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	330	366	334	19,018
Scheduled departures	9,887	10,986	121,889	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,968	50%	77.1%	4.8 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,209	22%	74.9%	13.9 min	4.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	752	8%	78.7%	-1.8 min	2.4%
YX Republic Airline	444	4%	76.1%	7.0 min	7.2%
AA American Airlines	387	4%	78.0%	7.2 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	352	4%	78.1%	1.7 min	2.8%
UA United Airlines	203	2%	73.9%	13.2 min	2.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	193	2%	74.6%	7.4 min	2.6%
OH PSA Airlines	186	2%	60.8%	27.0 min	4.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	119	1%	72.3%	5.2 min	5.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	37	0%	64.9%	15.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	37	0%	73.0%	-1.4 min	8.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DTW–ORD	Detroit to Chicago	472	65.7%	17.1 min	8.3%
DTW–ATL	Detroit to Atlanta	376	77.4%	5.5 min	1.1%
DTW–LGA	Detroit to New York	371	67.7%	13.5 min	3.0%
DTW–EWR	Detroit to Newark	334	71.0%	6.6 min	8.4%
DTW–CLT	Detroit to Charlotte	306	80.4%	0.1 min	0.3%
DTW–DFW	Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth	301	71.8%	11.2 min	2.3%
DTW–MCO	Detroit to Orlando	293	76.5%	3.0 min	0.3%
DTW–DCA	Detroit to Washington	253	56.5%	27.7 min	2.8%
DTW–PHL	Detroit to Philadelphia	239	79.1%	5.2 min	1.3%
DTW–LAS	Detroit to Las Vegas	237	81.0%	2.5 min	0.4%
DTW–FLL	Detroit to Fort Lauderdale	229	78.6%	2.1 min	4.4%
DTW–BOS	Detroit to Boston	227	75.3%	3.4 min	1.3%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.7%	30.2%	72,479
Late-arriving aircraft	16.0%	38.3%	25,955
National Aviation System	31.0%	26.7%	50,278
Extreme weather	8.2%	4.6%	13,367
Security	0.0%	0.1%	53

162,132 delay minutes on 2,082 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 November 2025?

79.4% of 9,887 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.2% of 10,986 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 2.6% in November 2025.

Provenance

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