Flights Harrisburg → Detroit
MDT → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Harrisburg to Detroit operates with an 80% on-time performance rate, with the average delay being 31.4 minutes when delays occur. Over the past year, there have been a total of 156 flights on this route using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, departing from Harrisburg International Airport, which has been in operation since 1918, and arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States with over 28 million 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 Harrisburg (MDT) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 187 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 37 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.60%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (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 Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Harrisburg (MDT) to Detroit (DTW) heads north-west for about 595 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Harrisburg on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 51% of MDT-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Harrisburg the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 187 tracked MDT-DTW flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 37 min and a 1.6% 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 MDT-DTW
On the Harrisburg (MDT) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 37 minutes, based on 187 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Harrisburg-Detroit is 1.60% across 187 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.
