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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) departure delays

Name: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 8,766 sampled departures, 62.9% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 41.7 minutes. Sample window: Jan 16, 2026 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 26.7% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 55.3% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
ChallengAir (1I)	37	78.4%	37.4 min
Southwest Airlines Co. (WN)	230	77.0%	41.0 min
Lufthansa Cargo (LH)	32	75.0%	29.3 min
Air France (AF)	23	73.9%	26.5 min
Air Canada (AC)	42	71.4%	42.6 min

Routes from DTW

DTW to ORD — 114 flights per week
DTW to GRR — 95 flights per week
DTW to DFW — 83 flights per week
DTW to IND — 77 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

62.9% of this DTW sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=DTW

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "DTW", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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