Flights Detroit → Albany
DTW → ALB
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Albany operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, serving approximately 283 flights annually. With a 74% on-time performance rate and an average delay of 26.1 minutes when not on schedule, the service connects one of the busiest airports in the United States to a smaller but significant destination.
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 Detroit (DTW) → Albany (ALB) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 370 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Albany the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Albany: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Albany (ALB) heads east for about 785 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of DTW-ALB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Albany it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 370 tracked DTW-ALB flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 0.8% 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 DTW-ALB
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Albany (ALB) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 370 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Albany is 0.81% across 370 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.
