OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Detroit to Albany

489 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DTW–ALB arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,086 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights809
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights277

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline71%
  • Weather13%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft7%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline7%
  • Weather71%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 14 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DTW → ALB

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 604 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 40 min · 913 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 40 min · 1,050 flights
  • Overnights71% on time · p90 70 min · 1,089 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 84% on time.

  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 419 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 50 min · 547 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 531 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 530 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 546 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 50 min · 543 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 65 min · 541 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.