Flights Detroit → Fort Wayne
DTW → FWA
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Fort Wayne has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 27.8 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 174 flights, serving the relatively busy destination airport which handles around 727,896 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) → Fort Wayne (FWA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 174 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 28 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.15%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Wayne the average ATFM delay is 5.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Wayne: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Fort Wayne (FWA) heads south-west for about 206 km, a flight time of roughly 41m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of DTW-FWA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Wayne it is 5.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 174 tracked DTW-FWA flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 28 min and a 1.1% 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-FWA
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Fort Wayne (FWA) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 28 minutes, based on 174 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Fort Wayne is 1.15% across 174 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.
