OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Detroit to Portland

668 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DTW–PWM arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights

based on 403 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights355
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p90105 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights48

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline69%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft16%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline100%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 3 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 → PWM

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 79% to 83% on time.

  • Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 575 flights
  • Overnights80% on time · p90 40 min · 557 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 40 min · 658 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 86% on time.

  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 249 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 264 flights
  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 45 min · 250 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 258 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 45 min · 263 flights
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 45 min · 265 flights
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 50 min · 263 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.