OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Grand Rapids to Detroit

120 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on GRR–DTW arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 1,512 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,512

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline69%
  • Weather22%
  • Air traffic (NAS)9%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather69%
  • Air traffic (NAS)31%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 16 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 GRR → DTW

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 75% to 86% on time.

  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 1,008 flights
  • Mornings85% on time · p90 25 min · 1,176 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 55 min · 1,137 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 70 min · 1,153 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 85% on time.

  • Saturdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 609 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 45 min · 635 flights
  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 634 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 648 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 55 min · 651 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 55 min · 651 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 647 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.