Flights Madison → Detroit
MSN → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Madison to Detroit operates with an average on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 332 total flights using aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-88, Airbus A320, and Airbus A319, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 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 Madison (MSN) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 420 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.43%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.3/100 (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 Madison the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Madison (MSN) to Detroit (DTW) heads east for about 500 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 3m.
Departures from Madison on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of MSN-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Madison the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 420 tracked MSN-DTW flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.4% 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 MSN-DTW
On the Madison (MSN) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 420 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Madison-Detroit is 1.43% across 420 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.
