Flights Detroit → Harrisburg
DTW → MDT
Route overview
This flight route connects Detroit to Harrisburg, operating with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft. With a mean delay of 35.3 minutes and an on-time performance rate of 74%, the route serves the historic Harrisburg airport, which opened in 1918 and currently handles over 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) → Harrisburg (MDT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 187 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 35 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Harrisburg: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Harrisburg (MDT) heads east for about 595 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of DTW-MDT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Harrisburg it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 187 tracked DTW-MDT flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 35 min and a 1.6% 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-MDT
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Harrisburg (MDT) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 35 minutes, based on 187 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Harrisburg is 1.60% across 187 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.
