Flights Detroit → Greensboro
DTW → GSO
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Greensboro has a punctuality rate of 72%, with an average delay of 24.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 178 flights servicing the destination airport, which handles around 1,686,862 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) → Greensboro (GSO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 198 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.53%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Greensboro the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Greensboro: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Greensboro (GSO) heads south-east for about 741 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 21m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 55% of DTW-GSO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Greensboro it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 198 tracked DTW-GSO flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 2.5% 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-GSO
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Greensboro (GSO) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 198 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Greensboro is 2.53% across 198 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.
