Flights San Antonio → Detroit
SAT → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from San Antonio to Detroit operates with high punctuality, boasting a 90% on-time performance rate and an average delay of only 1.9 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this Airbus A320 aircraft has completed 194 flights along this well-established path, connecting the historic San Antonio airport, which opened in 1942, with one of the busiest airports in North America, 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 San Antonio (SAT) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 256 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (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 San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Antonio (SAT) to Detroit (DTW) heads north-east for about 1,954 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 52m.
Departures from San Antonio on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of SAT-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 256 tracked SAT-DTW flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 1.2% 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 SAT-DTW
On the San Antonio (SAT) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 256 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Antonio-Detroit is 1.17% across 256 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.
