Flights Fort Wayne → Detroit
FWA → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Wayne to Detroit has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 24.8 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 174 total flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles 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 Fort Wayne (FWA) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 174 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.15%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (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 Fort Wayne the average ATFM delay is 5.2 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Wayne (FWA) to Detroit (DTW) heads north-east for about 206 km, a flight time of roughly 41m.
Departures from Fort Wayne on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of FWA-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Wayne the average ATFM delay is 5.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 174 tracked FWA-DTW flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 1.1% 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 FWA-DTW
On the Fort Wayne (FWA) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 174 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Wayne-Detroit is 1.15% 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.
