Flights Detroit → Portland
DTW → PWM
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Portland operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 87%. Over the course of 143 flights, the average delay was just under nine minutes. The Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft serves this busy route, which connects to an airport that sees over two 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) → Portland (PWM) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 174 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.72%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Portland the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Portland (PWM) heads east for about 1,073 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 46m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% of DTW-PWM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Portland it is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 174 tracked DTW-PWM flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.7% 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-PWM
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Portland (PWM) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 174 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Portland is 1.72% 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.
