Flights Detroit → Austin
DTW → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Austin operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded an average delay time of just 3.8 minutes across 307 total flights, using Boeing 717 aircraft. The destination airport serves over 21 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for air travel between these two cities.
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) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 386 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Austin (AUS) heads south-west for about 1,848 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 44m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of DTW-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 386 tracked DTW-AUS flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 6 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-AUS
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 386 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Austin is 0.78% across 386 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.
