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DTW vs ABE - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DTW

Detroit, MI

Detroit, Michigan

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Airport B
ABE

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Pennsylvania

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DTW ABE
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.8% 83.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 90.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.2% 16.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.82% 1.37%
Total Flights 1,488,949 48,496
Delayed Flights 226,988 7,896
Cancelled Flights 12,186 662
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DTW - Detroit, MI

Carrier 51.7%
NAS 20.1%
Late Aircraft 19.3%
Weather 8.7%
Security 0.1%

ABE - Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Carrier 45.4%
Late Aircraft 29.1%
NAS 15.9%
Weather 8.8%
Security 0.8%

Top Routes

Top routes from DTW

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → DTW
Detroit
29,459 81.6%
DTW → ORD
Chicago
29,443 82.5%
ATL → DTW
Detroit
27,906 82.3%
DTW → ATL
Atlanta
27,904 84.6%
MCO → DTW
Detroit
21,666 77.4%
DTW → MCO
Orlando
21,656 80.5%

Top routes from ABE

Route Flights On-Time
ABE → CLT
Charlotte
6,086 88.7%
CLT → ABE
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton
6,086 82.4%
ABE → ATL
Atlanta
4,017 86.6%
ATL → ABE
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton
4,017 87.9%
SFB → ABE
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton
3,302 76.3%
ABE → SFB
Sanford
3,299 82.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.