Flights Traverse City → Detroit
TVC → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Traverse City to Detroit operates with a Boeing 717 and has an on-time performance rate of 77%, with an average delay of 22.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 267 flights are conducted along this route, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which 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 Traverse City (TVC) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 355 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.5/100 (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 Traverse City the average ATFM delay is 6.4 minutes.
Heading to Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Traverse City (TVC) to Detroit (DTW) heads south-east for about 334 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Traverse City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 34% of TVC-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Traverse City the average ATFM delay is 6.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 355 tracked TVC-DTW flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 4.2% 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 TVC-DTW
On the Traverse City (TVC) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 355 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Traverse City-Detroit is 4.23% across 355 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.
