Flights Burlington → Detroit
BTV → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Burlington to Detroit has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 21.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 184 flights connecting to a destination airport that serves approximately 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 Burlington (BTV) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 184 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.7/100 (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 Burlington the average ATFM delay is 5.3 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Burlington (BTV) to Detroit (DTW) heads west for about 862 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Burlington on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of BTV-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Burlington the average ATFM delay is 5.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 184 tracked BTV-DTW flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 2.2% 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 BTV-DTW
On the Burlington (BTV) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 184 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Burlington-Detroit is 2.17% across 184 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.
