OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Kansas City to Detroit

629 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MCI–DTW arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 1,330 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time87%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights1,330

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline38%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MCI → DTW

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 84% to 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 1,099 flights
  • Middays90% on time · p90 10 min · 1,121 flights
  • Afternoons87% on time · p90 25 min · 750 flights
  • Evenings84% on time · p90 30 min · 1,057 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 87% to 91% on time.

  • Saturdays91% on time · p90 5 min · 464 flights
  • Fridays89% on time · p90 15 min · 585 flights
  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 593 flights
  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 590 flights
  • Mondays88% on time · p90 15 min · 592 flights
  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 30 min · 613 flights
  • Sundays87% on time · p90 25 min · 604 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.