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DL1612

Detroit (DTW) to Austin (AUS) · scheduled 3:59 PM – 6:00 PM

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How DL1612 performs

857 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-26.

On-time arrivals
73.9%
630 of 852 completed
Cancellation rate
0.35%
3 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-4 min
Average 7.4 min
Severe delays
8.3%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
61 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.5%
Left the gate on time

DL1612 arrived on time 73.9% of the time, against 77.0% for all DTWAUS flights — this specific departure is 3.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 3.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 857 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-26

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL161273.9%0.35%-4 min8.3%857
Delta Air Lines on DTWAUS77.0%0.81%-5 min6.1%3,846
All DTWAUS flights77.0%0.81%-4 min6.3%3,954

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-26

By day of week

Does DL1612 run worse on particular days?

Monday69.9%
Tuesday83.7%
Wednesday81.5%
Thursday67.7%
Friday75.8%
Saturday
Sunday66.7%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 17.1 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-26 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL1612 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
MSPPHL Minneapolis to Philadelphia2024-05-112024-06-015
PHLMSP Philadelphia to Minneapolis2024-05-112024-06-014
SLCLAX Salt Lake City to Los Angeles2024-01-082024-03-0962
EYWATL Key West to Atlanta2023-10-282023-11-048

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL1612 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 857 records of DL1612 operating DTWAUS, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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