Detroit Metro Wayne County in March 2026

70.1%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 10,701 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 70.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.5% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 10,369 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of −11.2 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 70.4% of the time (10,705 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, national aviation system 19% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 68.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.2%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	70.1%	81.3%	77.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	68.5%	81.5%	75.4%	73.2%
Cancelled	4.0%	0.8%	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.8 min	14.3 min	17.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	357	346	334	20,403
Scheduled departures	10,701	10,369	121,889	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,079	47%	73.0%	8.1 min	2.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,591	24%	58.2%	37.4 min	5.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	775	7%	56.9%	22.8 min	8.5%
YX Republic Airline	518	5%	74.1%	7.0 min	4.1%
AA American Airlines	404	4%	81.9%	0.8 min	1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	399	4%	72.9%	9.9 min	1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	384	4%	67.2%	20.1 min	4.7%
UA United Airlines	160	1%	76.3%	6.2 min	3.1%
MQ Envoy Air	154	1%	72.7%	21.7 min	3.9%
OH PSA Airlines	144	1%	75.0%	32.5 min	10.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	1%	79.0%	4.3 min	4.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	0%	54.8%	16.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DTW–ORD	Detroit to Chicago	488	56.1%	38.2 min	5.9%
DTW–ATL	Detroit to Atlanta	423	72.8%	13.1 min	1.4%
DTW–MCO	Detroit to Orlando	413	67.3%	19.1 min	3.6%
DTW–LGA	Detroit to New York	333	60.4%	16.8 min	12.0%
DTW–FLL	Detroit to Fort Lauderdale	328	49.7%	31.7 min	5.8%
DTW–EWR	Detroit to Newark	324	72.8%	6.2 min	5.9%
DTW–TPA	Detroit to Tampa	320	72.2%	9.1 min	4.7%
DTW–CLT	Detroit to Charlotte	296	83.1%	1.0 min	2.0%
DTW–RSW	Detroit to Fort Myers	289	63.0%	19.4 min	5.2%
DTW–DFW	Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth	281	74.7%	4.1 min	1.8%
DTW–DEN	Detroit to Denver	279	76.7%	9.3 min	1.1%
DTW–DCA	Detroit to Washington	271	58.7%	33.4 min	6.6%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	54.0%	33.5%	136,328
Late-arriving aircraft	18.6%	39.3%	46,818
National Aviation System	19.0%	21.0%	47,941
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.9%	21,065
Security	0.0%	0.2%	112

252,264 delay minutes on 2,910 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 March 2026?

70.1% of 10,701 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.3% of 10,369 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 70.1% and 4.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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