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DL361

Detroit (DTW) to San Francisco (SFO) · scheduled 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

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How DL361 performs

1,011 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
81.7%
819 of 1,002 completed
Cancellation rate
0.69%
7 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 0.4 min
Severe delays
4.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
55 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
86.9%
Left the gate on time

DL361 arrived on time 81.7% of the time, against 74.4% for all DTWSFO flights — this specific departure is 7.4 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Delta Air Lines’s own flights on this route it is 7.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,011 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
DL36181.7%0.69%-6 min4.5%1,011
Delta Air Lines on DTWSFO74.4%0.72%-3 min7.4%4,052
All DTWSFO flights74.4%0.76%-4 min7.7%5,009

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does DL361 run worse on particular days?

Monday79.7%
Tuesday84.0%
Wednesday86.8%
Thursday83.1%
Friday82.5%
Saturday79.2%
Sunday76.8%

Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 10.0 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes DL361 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
SFODTW San Francisco to Detroit2023-09-052026-06-3069381.5%
DTWLAS Detroit to Las Vegas2024-01-082024-03-0962

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route DL361 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,011 records of DL361 operating DTWSFO, 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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