Flights Kalamazoo → Detroit
AZO → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Kalamazoo to Detroit has a punctuality rate of 70%, with an average delay of 34 minutes. With a total of 243 flights annually, this route serves the high traffic Detroit airport, which handles over 28 million passengers per year.
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 Kalamazoo (AZO) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 325 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 30 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.8/100 (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 Kalamazoo the average ATFM delay is 5.7 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kalamazoo (AZO) to Detroit (DTW) heads east for about 181 km, a flight time of roughly 39m.
Departures from Kalamazoo on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of AZO-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kalamazoo the average ATFM delay is 5.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 325 tracked AZO-DTW flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 30 min and a 4.3% 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 AZO-DTW
On the Kalamazoo (AZO) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 30 minutes, based on 325 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kalamazoo-Detroit is 4.31% across 325 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.
