Airport month record
DTWNOV
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County in November 2025
- Departures
- 9,887
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 12
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at DTW, see live FAA status.
DTW in November lands a B, about a point worse than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 9,887 flights, of which Republic Airways flew 444 at 82.2% on time.
Republic Airways is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 82.2% on time across 444 flights.
Key figures
On time
78.4%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 9,618 completed departures
Avg delay
78 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.59%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
76.9%
DTW across all twelve months
These figures cover 9,887 departures from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to DTW's other months
Against DTW's own year, November ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 76.9%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 85.3% on time and December 62.0%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 11,248 | 73.0% | 80 min | 1.97% | C |
| August 2025 | 10,916 | 81.3% | 68 min | 0.58% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 10,014 | 87.1% | 67 min | 0.19% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 10,950 | 85.3% | 66 min | 0.27% | A+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 9,887 | 78.4% | 78 min | 2.59% | B |
| December 2025 | 9,934 | 62.0% | 87 min | 2.52% | D |
| January 2026 | 9,518 | 64.8% | 83 min | 3.92% | D− |
| February 2026 | 9,122 | 75.7% | 77 min | 2.13% | B |
| March 2026 | 10,701 | 71.6% | 87 min | 4.02% | C− |
| April 2026 | 10,417 | 81.1% | 65 min | 1.27% | B |
| May 2026 | 10,112 | 80.9% | 68 min | 1.27% | B |
| June 2026 | 9,869 | 79.1% | 73 min | 1.43% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave DTW in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 15 points, against 4 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,246 flights83.4%
- 8am–11am2,403 flights82.3%
- 11am–2pm1,475 flights82.1%
- 2pm–5pm1,923 flights75.7%
- 5pm–8pm1,203 flights68.7%
- 8pm–5am1,637 flights75.6%
Scale runs 60% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 83.4% of the time, against 68.7% for the evening window. That is 15 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 2,403 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Friday is the strongest day at 87.2% on time and Sunday the weakest at 60.8%. 26 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at DTW in November
The five carriers here are closely matched: 4 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 4,968 | 78.1% | 64 min | 1.15% | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,209 | 78.9% | 108 min | 4.89% | B− |
| Spirit Airlines | 752 | 80.8% | 65 min | 2.39% | B |
| Republic Airways | 444 | 82.2% | 105 min | 7.21% | B− |
| American Airlines | 387 | 78.9% | 104 min | 1.03% | B |
| Southwest Airlinesthin sample | 352 | 80.6% | 51 min | 2.84% | B |
| United Airlinesthin sample | 203 | 75.4% | 86 min | 1.97% | B |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 193 | 76.6% | 81 min | 2.59% | B |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 186 | 64.2% | 98 min | 4.84% | D− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 119 | 76.1% | 75 min | 5.04% | B− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 37 | 64.9% | 53 min | 0.00% | D+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 37 | 79.4% | 73 min | 8.11% | B− |
Republic Airways cancels 7.2% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of DTW in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DTW to ORD · Chicago | 472 | 71.6% | 88 min | 8.26% | C− |
| DTW to ATL · Atlanta | 376 | 78.4% | 78 min | 1.06% | B |
| DTW to LGA · New York | 371 | 69.7% | 77 min | 2.96% | C |
| DTW to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 334 | 77.7% | 81 min | 8.38% | B− |
| DTW to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 306 | 80.7% | 78 min | 0.33% | B+ |
| DTW to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 301 | 73.5% | 84 min | 2.33% | C |
| DTW to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 293 | 76.7% | 63 min | 0.34% | B+ |
| DTW to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 253 | 58.1% | 83 min | 2.77% | D |
| DTW to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 239 | 80.4% | 81 min | 1.26% | B |
| DTW to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 237 | 81.4% | 64 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| DTW to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 229 | 82.2% | 68 min | 4.37% | B− |
| DTW to DEN · Denverthin sample | 227 | 86.1% | 60 min | 1.76% | A |
| DTW to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 227 | 76.3% | 61 min | 1.32% | B |
| DTW to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 201 | 78.2% | 53 min | 1.49% | B |
| DTW to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 197 | 71.9% | 61 min | 0.51% | C+ |
| DTW to GRR · Grand Rapidsthin sample | 192 | 81.4% | 112 min | 2.08% | B |
| DTW to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 191 | 82.5% | 64 min | 1.05% | B |
| DTW to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 185 | 80.8% | 61 min | 1.08% | B |
| DTW to TPA · Tampathin sample | 173 | 85.6% | 53 min | 3.47% | A− |
| DTW to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 160 | 82.5% | 59 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| DTW to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 154 | 72.1% | 51 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| DTW to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 153 | 79.3% | 50 min | 1.96% | B |
| DTW to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 150 | 81.2% | 45 min | 0.67% | B+ |
| DTW to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 150 | 85.2% | 70 min | 0.67% | A+ |
| DTW to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 146 | 71.0% | 77 min | 0.68% | C+ |
Delay causes
What held DTW up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Carrier accounts for 45% of the 162,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 45%Carrier
- 31%National Airspace System
- 16%Late-arriving aircraft
- 8%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
The largest share of delay minutes, 45%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. Unlike weather, that is a management outcome, and it is the category where the gap between two carriers on the same schedule is genuinely earned. It accounts for 72,000 of the 162,000 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 162,132 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.59%, against 2.49% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 7.8% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from DTW in November
For a November trip through DTW: expect 78.4% on time and 2.59% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW), the whole year
- DTW in July73.0%
- DTW in August81.3%
- DTW in September87.1%
- DTW in October85.3%
- DTW in December62.0%
- DTW in January64.8%
- DTW in February75.7%
- DTW in March71.6%
- DTW in April81.1%
- DTW in May80.9%
- DTW in June79.1%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.