Flights New York → Detroit
LGA → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from New York to Detroit operates with a high frequency of 989 flights, featuring aircraft such as the Canadair Regional Jet 700, Airbus A319, McDonnell Douglas MD-88, Boeing 737-800, and Airbus A320. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, these flights typically experience a mean delay of 13.4 minutes, serving the busy Detroit Metropolitan Airport which handles 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 New York (LGA) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines. Across 1331 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.9/100 (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 New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Detroit (DTW) heads west for about 805 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 26m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of LGA-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,331 tracked LGA-DTW flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 6.8% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about LGA-DTW
On the New York (LGA) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1331 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Detroit is 6.84% across 1331 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines.
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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.
