Flights Escanaba → Detroit
ESC → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Escanaba to Detroit has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with the average delay being 42.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, connecting a smaller city to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which serves approximately 28,160,572 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 Escanaba (ESC) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 111 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 39 minutes. The cancellation rate is 18.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Escanaba the average ATFM delay is 1.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Escanaba (ESC) to Detroit (DTW) heads south-east for about 491 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from Escanaba on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 80% of ESC-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Escanaba the average ATFM delay is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 111 tracked ESC-DTW flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 39 min and a 18.9% 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 ESC-DTW
On the Escanaba (ESC) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 39 minutes, based on 111 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Escanaba-Detroit is 18.92% across 111 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.
