Flights Appleton → Detroit
ATW → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Appleton to Detroit has a punctuality rate of 73%, with an average delay of 22.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 263 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles around 28,160,572 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Appleton (ATW) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 325 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Appleton the average ATFM delay is 6.6 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Appleton (ATW) to Detroit (DTW) heads south-east for about 476 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Appleton on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of ATW-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Appleton the average ATFM delay is 6.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 325 tracked ATW-DTW flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 3.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATW-DTW
On the Appleton (ATW) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 325 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Appleton-Detroit is 3.08% across 325 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
