Historical on-time performance

PHLDTW

Philadelphia to Detroit

453 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHL–DTW arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min

Median delayon timetypical arrival

p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worsetail risk

Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,516 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Airline	On-time	Median	p90	Cancel	Flights
Delta Air Lines	82%	on time	50 min	0.9%	1,492
Republic Airways⚠ low data	68%	on time	140 min	3.2%	95
Spirit Airlines⚠ low data	87%	on time	20 min	3.0%	101
SkyWest Airlinesbest⚠ low data	88%	on time	25 min	0.0%	33
PSA Airlines	66%	on time	80 min	6.2%	532
American Airlines	76%	on time	50 min	1.9%	263

Delta Air Lines
On-time82%
Medianon time
p9050 min
Cancel0.9%
Flights1,492
Republic Airways
On-time68%
Medianon time
p90140 min
Cancel3.2%
Flights95
Spirit Airlines
On-time87%
Medianon time
p9020 min
Cancel3.0%
Flights101
SkyWest Airlinesbest
On-time88%
Medianon time
p9025 min
Cancel0.0%
Flights33
PSA Airlines
On-time66%
Medianon time
p9080 min
Cancel6.2%
Flights532
American Airlines
On-time76%
Medianon time
p9050 min
Cancel1.9%
Flights263

Why flights run late

Delay causes

Airline28%
Weather4%
Air traffic (NAS)19%
Late aircraft49%
Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

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