PlainFlights

DTW vs LAN - 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

View full profile →
Airport B
LAN

Lansing, MI

Lansing, Michigan

View full profile →

Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric DTW LAN
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.8% 85.0%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 90.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.2% 15.0%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.82% 1.40%
Total Flights 1,488,949 21,361
Delayed Flights 226,988 3,197
Cancelled Flights 12,186 299
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%

LAN - Lansing, MI

Carrier 46.3%
Late Aircraft 29.4%
NAS 13.7%
Weather 10.5%

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 LAN

Route Flights On-Time
DTW → LAN
Lansing
5,909 86%
LAN → DTW
Detroit
5,909 86.5%
LAN → ORD
Chicago
2,936 84.6%
ORD → LAN
Lansing
2,936 82.8%

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.