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DTW vs CWA - 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
CWA

Mosinee, WI

Mosinee, Wisconsin

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DTW CWA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.8% 87.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 92.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.2% 12.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.82% 0.98%
Total Flights 1,488,949 16,116
Delayed Flights 226,988 2,035
Cancelled Flights 12,186 158
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ 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%

CWA - Mosinee, WI

Late Aircraft 40.2%
Carrier 34.1%
NAS 16.6%
Weather 9.1%
Security 0.0%

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 CWA

Route Flights On-Time
CWA → MSP
Minneapolis
3,603 90.2%
MSP → CWA
Mosinee
3,603 86.7%
CWA → ORD
Chicago
2,952 82.2%
ORD → CWA
Mosinee
2,951 83.3%
DTW → CWA
Mosinee
1,255 89.3%
CWA → DTW
Detroit
1,254 89.6%

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.