Flights Detroit → Burlington
DTW → BTV
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Burlington has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 69%, with an average delay of 26.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 184 flights serving the busy Burlington airport, which handles approximately 1.2 million 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) → Burlington (BTV) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 184 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.17%. 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 Burlington the average ATFM delay is 5.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Burlington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Burlington (BTV) heads east for about 862 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of DTW-BTV flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Burlington it is 5.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 184 tracked DTW-BTV flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 26 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 DTW-BTV
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Burlington (BTV) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 184 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Burlington 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.
