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DTW vs IMT - 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
IMT

Iron Mountain/Kingsfd, MI

Iron Mountain/Kingsfd, Michigan

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DTW IMT
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.8% 84.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 110.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.2% 15.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.82% 0.76%
Total Flights 1,488,949 8,658
Delayed Flights 226,988 1,304
Cancelled Flights 12,186 66
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%

IMT - Iron Mountain/Kingsfd, MI

Carrier 68.0%
Weather 27.7%
NAS 3.1%
Late Aircraft 1.0%
Security 0.2%

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 IMT

Route Flights On-Time
IMT → MSP
Minneapolis
1,865 84.7%
MSP → IMT
Iron Mountain/Kingsfd
1,836 85.8%
IMT → DTW
Detroit
1,569 83.4%
DTW → IMT
Iron Mountain/Kingsfd
1,540 83.4%

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.