Flights Detroit → Lansing
DTW → LAN
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Lansing has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 67%, with an average delay time of 31 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1928, handles approximately 310,369 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) → Lansing (LAN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 335 flights monitored in recent months, 64% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 37 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 34.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lansing: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Lansing (LAN) heads north-west for about 119 km, a flight time of roughly 34m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 36% of DTW-LAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lansing it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 335 tracked DTW-LAN flights, 64% left on time with an average delay of 37 min and a 2.4% 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-LAN
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Lansing (LAN) route, on-time performance is 64% with an average delay of 37 minutes, based on 335 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Lansing is 2.39% across 335 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.
