Flights Sault Ste Marie → Detroit
CIU → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Sault Ste Marie to Detroit has a punctuality rate of 72%, with an average delay of 31.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, connecting a busy destination airport that serves approximately 28,160,572 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 Sault Ste Marie (CIU) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 47 minutes. The cancellation rate is 11.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (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 Sault Ste Marie the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sault Ste Marie (CIU) to Detroit (DTW) heads south for about 457 km, a flight time of roughly 59m.
Departures from Sault Ste Marie on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 97% of CIU-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sault Ste Marie the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked CIU-DTW flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 47 min and a 11.7% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating CIU-DTW
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Frequently asked questions about CIU-DTW
On the Sault Ste Marie (CIU) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 47 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sault Ste Marie-Detroit is 11.67% across 120 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.
