OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Portland to Detroit

668 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 403 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights355
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p90115 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights48

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline41%
  • Weather17%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft30%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline100%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 4 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 PWM → DTW

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 10 min · 586 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 45 min · 585 flights
  • Afternoons75% on time · p90 50 min · 381 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 55 min · 262 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 249 flights
  • Tuesdays82% on time · p90 45 min · 251 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 259 flights
  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 264 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 50 min · 264 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 263 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 65 min · 264 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.