OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Detroit to Rochester

296 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DTW–ROC arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 348 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights348

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline75%
  • Weather17%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline14%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)71%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 7 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 → ROC

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 80% to 83% on time.

  • Overnights83% on time · p90 30 min · 672 flights
  • Mornings83% on time · p90 30 min · 486 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 45 min · 877 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 35 min · 644 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 88% on time.

  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 316 flights
  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 389 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 388 flights
  • Mondays83% on time · p90 25 min · 399 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 50 min · 396 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 45 min · 398 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 45 min · 393 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.