Flights Detroit → South Bend
DTW → SBN
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to South Bend has a punctuality rate of 66%, with an average delay of 30.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 178 flights, serving the South Bend airport which handles around 658,076 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) → South Bend (SBN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 209 flights monitored in recent months, 66% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 33 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At South Bend the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to South Bend: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to South Bend (SBN) heads west for about 251 km, a flight time of roughly 44m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 56% of DTW-SBN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into South Bend it is 5.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 209 tracked DTW-SBN flights, 66% left on time with an average delay of 33 min and a 1.4% 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-SBN
On the Detroit (DTW) -> South Bend (SBN) route, on-time performance is 66% with an average delay of 33 minutes, based on 209 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-South Bend is 1.44% across 209 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.
