Detroit Metro Wayne County in April 2026

82.7%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 10,417 domestic departures from Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so DTW departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 10,058 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at DTW that month were on time 81.9% of the time (10,411 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	DTW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	82.7%	83.8%	77.3%	79.1%
Arrived on time	79.9%	81.3%	75.4%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.6%	1.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	11.7 min	17.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	347	335	334	19,931
Scheduled departures	10,417	10,058	121,889	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	5,070	49%	81.9%	2.4 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,586	25%	77.8%	6.7 min	2.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	575	6%	62.1%	23.7 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	478	5%	81.6%	4.9 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	428	4%	85.7%	-1.9 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	391	4%	80.6%	3.4 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	298	3%	74.8%	10.3 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	205	2%	92.7%	-1.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	152	1%	84.2%	1.2 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	125	1%	76.8%	5.3 min	3.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	70	1%	84.3%	-3.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	39	0%	92.3%	-5.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DTW–ORD	Detroit to Chicago	568	73.6%	18.9 min	3.7%
DTW–ATL	Detroit to Atlanta	428	84.3%	3.3 min	0.7%
DTW–MCO	Detroit to Orlando	343	81.6%	5.3 min	0.9%
DTW–LGA	Detroit to New York	333	76.3%	5.8 min	0.3%
DTW–DFW	Detroit to Dallas/Fort Worth	300	78.0%	-0.1 min	0.7%
DTW–CLT	Detroit to Charlotte	293	88.7%	-4.9 min	0.7%
DTW–EWR	Detroit to Newark	279	80.3%	3.8 min	0.4%
DTW–FLL	Detroit to Fort Lauderdale	272	72.1%	14.5 min	1.1%
DTW–DCA	Detroit to Washington	262	70.6%	10.2 min	1.1%
DTW–DEN	Detroit to Denver	258	88.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%
DTW–LAS	Detroit to Las Vegas	248	75.0%	7.6 min	0.8%
DTW–PHL	Detroit to Philadelphia	233	82.0%	0.3 min	1.7%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.7%	33.5%	64,142
Late-arriving aircraft	19.2%	40.4%	24,319
National Aviation System	24.2%	21.0%	30,560
Extreme weather	5.8%	5.0%	7,373
Security	0.0%	0.1%	58

126,452 delay minutes on 1,937 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 April 2026?

82.7% of 10,417 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 83.8% of 10,058 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 1.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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