Historical on-time performance
West Palm Beach to Detroit
1,087 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PBI–DTW arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 467 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9050 minCancel0.4%Flights467
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline22%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)13%
- Late aircraft65%
- 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 PBI → DTW
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 92% on time.
- Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 50 flights · limited
- Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 343 flights
- Evenings69% on time · p90 90 min · 127 flights · limited
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 70 min · 725 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 79% on time.
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 159 flights · limited
- Tuesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 159 flights · limited
- Mondays75% on time · p90 65 min · 181 flights · limited
- Fridays74% on time · p90 35 min · 188 flights · limited
- Saturdays71% on time · p90 80 min · 194 flights · limited
- Sundays68% on time · p90 65 min · 187 flights · limited
- Thursdays68% on time · p90 75 min · 177 flights · limited
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