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DTW vs GSO - 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
GSO

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point, North Carolina

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DTW GSO
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.8% 84.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 78.4 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.2% 15.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.82% 1.33%
Total Flights 1,488,949 116,389
Delayed Flights 226,988 17,981
Cancelled Flights 12,186 1,552
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%

GSO - Greensboro/High Point, NC

Late Aircraft 38.0%
Carrier 33.5%
NAS 20.2%
Weather 8.3%
Security 0.1%

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 GSO

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → GSO
Greensboro/High Point
14,066 87.3%
GSO → ATL
Atlanta
14,063 90.8%
CLT → GSO
Greensboro/High Point
11,423 82%
GSO → CLT
Charlotte
11,417 83.1%
GSO → LGA
New York
9,366 84.2%
LGA → GSO
Greensboro/High Point
9,364 82.9%

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.