Historical on-time performance
Savannah to Detroit
706 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SAV–DTW arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 249 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesbestOn-time89%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.6%Flights157
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time64%Median5 minp9065 minCancel1.1%Flights92
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline74%
- Weather17%
- Air traffic (NAS)2%
- Late aircraft7%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SAV → DTW
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.
- Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 689 flights
- Evenings61% on time · p90 80 min · 232 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 85% on time.
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 128 flights · limited
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 132 flights · limited
- Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 131 flights · limited
- Thursdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 127 flights · limited
- Fridays81% on time · p90 40 min · 128 flights · limited
- Sundays67% on time · p90 110 min · 127 flights · limited
- Saturdays66% on time · p90 45 min · 151 flights · limited
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