Historical on-time performance
Detroit to Lansing
74 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DTW–LAN arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights
based on 925 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.5%Flights925
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline72%
- Weather20%
- Air traffic (NAS)7%
- Late aircraft0%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DTW → LAN
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 72% to 83% on time.
- Middays83% on time · p90 45 min · 1,001 flights
- Overnights82% on time · p90 35 min · 1,064 flights
- Evenings73% on time · p90 75 min · 56 flights · limited
- Afternoons72% on time · p90 75 min · 620 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 87% on time.
- Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 318 flights
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 50 min · 405 flights
- Mondays80% on time · p90 60 min · 407 flights
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 50 min · 407 flights
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 65 min · 404 flights
- Fridays77% on time · p90 65 min · 403 flights
- Sundays76% on time · p90 55 min · 397 flights
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