Flights Lansing → Detroit
LAN → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Lansing to Detroit has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 28.2 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 253 total flights, connecting passengers from Lansing's airport, which opened in 1928, to one of the busiest airports in the United States, serving 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 Lansing (LAN) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 335 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 30 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.4/100 (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 Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lansing (LAN) to Detroit (DTW) heads south-east for about 119 km, a flight time of roughly 34m.
Departures from Lansing on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 36% of LAN-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lansing the average ATFM delay is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 335 tracked LAN-DTW flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 30 min and a 2.4% 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 LAN-DTW
On the Lansing (LAN) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 30 minutes, based on 335 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lansing-Detroit is 2.39% across 335 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.
