Flights Detroit → Saginaw
DTW → MBS
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Saginaw operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 71%, with an average delay of 26 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 283 flights are conducted on this route, serving a destination airport that sees around 268,818 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) → Saginaw (MBS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 365 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 34 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Saginaw the average ATFM delay is 4.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Saginaw: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Saginaw (MBS) heads north for about 158 km, a flight time of roughly 37m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of DTW-MBS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Saginaw it is 4.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 365 tracked DTW-MBS flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 34 min and a 2.7% 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-MBS
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Saginaw (MBS) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 34 minutes, based on 365 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Saginaw is 2.74% across 365 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.
