2,683 km · Domestic

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) – Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)

In July 2026, 414 flights operated between Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County and Phoenix Sky Harbor (both directions), and 71.3% left on time, according to the US BTS.

Flights per month

Only complete months are shown. A month appears once the source has published every day of it.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodFlights operated 2025Flights operated 2026Change vs last year
January336356▲ 6.0%
February312318▲ 1.9%
March420428▲ 1.9%
April418422▲ 1.0%
May416432▲ 3.8%
June430395▼ 8.1%
July470414▼ 11.9%
August371––
September366––
October430–in progress
November392––
December434––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)2,8022,765▼ 1.3%

On-time departures by month

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodOn-time departures 2025On-time departures 2026Change vs last year
January83.3%72.5%▼ 13.0%
February80.8%82.4%▲ 2.0%
March79.0%82.5%▲ 4.4%
April82.3%83.6%▲ 1.6%
May80.8%77.3%▼ 4.3%
June80.9%74.2%▼ 8.3%
July76.6%71.3%▼ 6.9%
August84.6%––
September86.1%––
October82.8%–in progress
November82.7%––
December71.2%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jul)80.5%77.7%▼ 3.5%

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2025Cancelled flights 2026Change vs last year
January210▲ 400.0%
February10▼ 100.0%
March26▲ 200.0%
April20▼ 100.0%
May02–
June220.0%
July64▼ 33.3%
August0––
September0––
October1–in progress
November2––
December8––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)1524▲ 60.0%

Airlines on this route

  1. Delta Air Lines 55.5%
  2. American Airlines 26.3%
  3. Frontier Airlines 13.5%
  4. Spirit Airlines 3.3%
  5. Southwest Airlines 1.3%

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

By direction

DTW → PHX

Scheduled flights
4,335
Flights operated
4,310
Cancelled
25 · 0.6%
On-time departures
79.9%

PHX → DTW

Scheduled flights
4,338
Flights operated
4,312
Cancelled
26 · 0.6%
On-time departures
81.2%

DTW → PHX and PHX → DTW counted separately.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
Delta Air Lines DL 4,813 55.5% 81.5% 24
American Airlines AA 2,282 26.3% 80.7% 12
Frontier Airlines F9 1,175 13.5% 77.6% 10
Spirit Airlines NK 287 3.3% 79.9% 4
Southwest Airlines WN 116 1.3% 69.6% 1

Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.

US domestic sectors recorded by BTS

Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Lowest average delay06:00–07:006.8min · 782 recorded · 775 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour18.1min06:00 ↔ 18:00
Recorded flights8,673DTW–PHX

Departure hour

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
00:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—8989
01:00No observations———
02:00No observations———
03:00No observations———
04:00No observations———
05:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—3838
06:0091.2%6.8 min775782
07:0088.7%11.6 min657662
08:0086.6%13.3 min925928
09:0080.2%12.8 min354357
10:0082.7%8.6 min415417
11:0084.9%13.3 min312313
12:0079.8%16.5 min893898
13:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—102102
14:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—9295
15:0075.6%17.2 min492493
16:0072.7%19.7 min978983
17:0074.7%18.8 min530532
18:0082.0%24.9 min272272
19:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—105105
20:0073.4%18.7 min617621
21:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—122122
22:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—189192
23:0081.2%9.8 min665672

Day of week

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Monday78.5%17.0 min1,2661,275
Tuesday82.8%10.0 min1,1171,120
Wednesday84.6%11.1 min1,1331,140
Thursday82.2%10.4 min1,2941,296
Friday79.9%18.9 min1,2501,259
Saturday79.6%16.6 min1,2441,251
Sunday77.2%19.0 min1,3181,332

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Jan77.8%19.7 min692704
Feb81.6%14.1 min630631
Mar80.8%14.8 min848856
Apr83.0%12.8 min840842
May79.0%11.7 min848850
Jun77.7%16.8 min825829
Jul74.1%22.6 min884894
Aug84.6%8.2 min371371
Sep86.1%16.8 min366366
Oct85.5%9.4 min698699
Nov87.0%7.7 min776778
Dec76.4%19.9 min844853

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 80.1% 6,946
  • Delayed >15 min 19.3% 1,676
  • Cancelled 0.6% 51
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

Flight numbers on this route

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Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
DL1070 DTW → PHX 635 88.3%
DL2076 DTW → PHX 596 73.6%
DL947 PHX → DTW 556 92.2%
DL813 DTW → PHX 531 80.7%
DL1135 DTW → PHX 520 68.6%
F994671 DTW → PHX 503 78.0%
DL1070 PHX → DTW 496 86.4%
F994672 PHX → DTW 460 80.5%
DL1566 PHX → DTW 416 80.8%
AA3141 DTW → PHX 340 85.2%
AA3140 PHX → DTW 294 72.7%
AA1728 PHX → DTW 278 80.9%
AA1728 DTW → PHX 249 81.9%
DL785 PHX → DTW 241 74.9%
AA1310 DTW → PHX 156 88.2%
F994392 PHX → DTW 129 68.8%
AA1287 PHX → DTW 125 66.1%
DL813 PHX → DTW 123 82.9%
AA1673 PHX → DTW 118 77.1%
DL1245 DTW → PHX 100 74.0%
F994391 DTW → PHX 83 72.8%
AA1673 DTW → PHX 81 90.1%
DL2076 PHX → DTW 77 86.8%
AA1790 PHX → DTW 71 77.5%
AA2121 PHX → DTW 71 67.6%
AA1790 DTW → PHX 70 81.4%
DL2135 PHX → DTW 64 96.8%
DL476 PHX → DTW 62 79.0%
DL1596 PHX → DTW 59 83.1%
AA839 DTW → PHX 55 87.3%
AA2049 PHX → DTW 44 86.4%
DL1219 PHX → DTW 38 97.4%
AA1198 PHX → DTW 37 88.6%
AA2049 DTW → PHX 37 89.2%
DL1545 PHX → DTW 36 83.3%
DL2170 PHX → DTW 36 91.7%
NK1734 PHX → DTW 35 100.0%
NK1739 DTW → PHX 35 85.7%
DL1749 PHX → DTW 34 60.6%
AA445 DTW → PHX 33 90.9%
NK1332 DTW → PHX 33 90.9%
NK1333 PHX → DTW 33 81.8%
DL1362 PHX → DTW 32 78.1%
DL573 PHX → DTW 31 90.3%
AA2808 DTW → PHX 30 89.7%
DL2148 PHX → DTW 30 83.3%
DL539 PHX → DTW 30 86.7%

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Monthly figures
PeriodFlights operated Change vs last yearCancelled On-time departures
July 2026 414 −11.9% 4 71.3%
June 2026 395 −8.1% 2 74.2%
May 2026 432 +3.8% 2 77.3%
April 2026 422 +1.0% 0 83.6%
March 2026 428 +1.9% 6 82.5%
February 2026 318 +1.9% 0 82.4%
January 2026 356 +6.0% 10 72.5%
December 2025 434 +5.9% 8 71.2%
November 2025 392 +2.1% 2 82.7%
October 2025 430 +60.4% 1 82.8%
September 2025 366 0 86.1%
August 2025 371 0 84.6%
July 2025 470 6 76.6%
June 2025 430 2 80.9%
May 2025 416 0 80.8%
April 2025 418 2 82.3%
March 2025 420 2 79.0%
February 2025 312 1 80.8%
January 2025 336 2 83.3%
December 2024 410 1 82.0%
November 2024 384 0 91.4%
October 2024 268 0 89.9%

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