Flights Detroit → Escanaba
DTW → ESC
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Escanaba has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 28.5 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 89 total flights serving the relatively low-traffic destination airport that handles around 38,126 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) → Escanaba (ESC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 111 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 18.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Escanaba the average ATFM delay is 1.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Escanaba: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Escanaba (ESC) heads north-west for about 491 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 80% of DTW-ESC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Escanaba it is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 111 tracked DTW-ESC flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 18.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating DTW-ESC
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-ESC
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Escanaba (ESC) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 111 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Escanaba is 18.02% across 111 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.
