Flights Detroit → Traverse City
DTW → TVC
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Traverse City operates with a fleet of Boeing 717 aircraft, completing 267 flights throughout the year. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, these flights experience an average delay of 16 minutes, serving the medium-sized destination airport which handles approximately 574,024 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) → Traverse City (TVC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 355 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Traverse City the average ATFM delay is 6.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Traverse City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Traverse City (TVC) heads north-west for about 334 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of DTW-TVC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Traverse City it is 6.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 355 tracked DTW-TVC flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 4.2% 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-TVC
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Traverse City (TVC) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 355 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Traverse City is 4.23% across 355 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Traverse City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
