Detroit Metro Wayne County in January 2026

68.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,518 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 68.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.2% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 9,253 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of −9.7 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 69.6% of the time (9,510 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, national aviation system 20% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 62.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.8%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from DTW in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	68.2%	77.9%	77.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	62.2%	74.4%	75.4%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.9%	1.5%	1.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.0 min	16.5 min	17.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	317	308	334	18,133
Scheduled departures	9,518	9,253	121,889	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,549	48%	65.3%	15.1 min	2.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,391	25%	51.2%	44.6 min	4.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	713	7%	66.1%	8.3 min	5.0%
YX Republic Airline	448	5%	71.0%	9.3 min	6.3%
AA American Airlines	415	4%	67.0%	9.2 min	10.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	337	4%	76.9%	-0.2 min	2.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	203	2%	55.2%	45.0 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	191	2%	61.3%	5.8 min	12.6%
UA United Airlines	157	2%	61.8%	19.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	63	1%	55.6%	10.2 min	9.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	37	0%	75.7%	0.2 min	2.7%
MQ Envoy Air	14	0%	50.0%	15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DTW–ORD	Detroit to Chicago	407	57.0%	32.5 min	2.9%
DTW–ATL	Detroit to Atlanta	397	68.0%	16.0 min	3.0%
DTW–LGA	Detroit to New York	349	70.5%	6.8 min	8.0%
DTW–MCO	Detroit to Orlando	331	60.4%	22.2 min	1.2%
DTW–CLT	Detroit to Charlotte	294	69.0%	2.8 min	9.9%
DTW–EWR	Detroit to Newark	294	70.7%	6.2 min	6.8%
DTW–DFW	Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth	262	57.6%	20.4 min	9.9%
DTW–LAS	Detroit to Las Vegas	253	71.1%	7.6 min	0.0%
DTW–FLL	Detroit to Fort Lauderdale	252	59.5%	21.3 min	1.2%
DTW–DCA	Detroit to Washington	249	53.0%	14.2 min	10.0%
DTW–TPA	Detroit to Tampa	225	64.9%	17.7 min	0.9%
DTW–DEN	Detroit to Denver	218	67.9%	9.5 min	0.0%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	54.3%	37.3%	144,480
Late-arriving aircraft	12.9%	35.0%	34,282
National Aviation System	19.7%	18.0%	52,395
Extreme weather	13.1%	9.6%	34,733
Security	0.1%	0.1%	142

266,032 delay minutes on 3,214 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 January 2026?

68.2% of 9,518 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.9% of 9,253 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 68.2% and 3.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.