Flights St. Louis → Detroit
STL → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Detroit has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 11.7 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 445 flights using aircraft such as Canadair Regional Jet 700, Airbus A320, and Boeing 717, serving a destination airport that handles 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 St. Louis (STL) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 573 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.7/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Detroit (DTW) heads north-east for about 707 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of STL-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 573 tracked STL-DTW flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.9% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about STL-DTW
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 573 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Detroit is 1.92% across 573 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest 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.
