Flights Detroit → Appleton
DTW → ATW
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Appleton has a moderate on-time performance rate of 64%, with an average delay duration of 33.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 263 flights serving the relatively small but active destination airport that handles around 773,474 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 Detroit (DTW) → Appleton (ATW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 325 flights monitored in recent months, 64% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 39 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Appleton the average ATFM delay is 6.6 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Appleton: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Appleton (ATW) heads north-west for about 476 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 1m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 63% of DTW-ATW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Appleton it is 6.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 325 tracked DTW-ATW flights, 64% left on time with an average delay of 39 min and a 2.8% 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-ATW
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Appleton (ATW) route, on-time performance is 64% with an average delay of 39 minutes, based on 325 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Appleton is 2.77% 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.
