Flights Chattanooga → Detroit
CHA → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Chattanooga to Detroit has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with an average delay of 12.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 136 flights, serving a significant portion of the 28,160,572 passengers who travel through Detroit's airport 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 Chattanooga (CHA) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 156 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.64%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.6/100 (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 Chattanooga the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chattanooga (CHA) to Detroit (DTW) heads north for about 814 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 26m.
Departures from Chattanooga on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of CHA-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chattanooga the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 156 tracked CHA-DTW flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.6% 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 CHA-DTW
On the Chattanooga (CHA) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 156 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chattanooga-Detroit is 0.64% across 156 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.
