Flights Huntsville → Detroit
HSV → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Huntsville to Detroit has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 12.7 minutes when flights are not on schedule. Over the course of a year, this route sees 106 total flights connecting to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, 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 Huntsville (HSV) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 126 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (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 Huntsville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Huntsville (HSV) to Detroit (DTW) heads north for about 894 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 32m.
Departures from Huntsville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 87% of HSV-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Huntsville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 126 tracked HSV-DTW flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.8% 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 HSV-DTW
On the Huntsville (HSV) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 126 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Huntsville-Detroit is 0.79% across 126 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.
