1,796 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 84% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 7 in 10.

Best time to leave 7–8 pm 82% arrive on time from DTW

Best single flight DL 361 DTW 08:30 → SFO 10:29 · 75% on time Avoid DL 1327 DTW 20:37 → SFO 22:35 · 59% on time

Time of day × airport

Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).

DTW

% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55

San Francisco flights leaving DTW 5–6 pm: 1Close ×


UA 1863	DTW 17:29	SFO 19:40	5h 11m	71	61%	1.4%	83 min

Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.


United	408	71%	0.7%	82 min
Delta	1,388	67%	0.7%	64 min

Flights, best and worst

Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.


DL 361	DTW 08:30	SFO 10:29	75%
DL 469	DTW 12:15	SFO 14:16	70%
DL 442	DTW 16:19	SFO 18:13	69%
DL 1327	DTW 20:37	SFO 22:35	59%

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Nonstops by airline and airport

Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.


United	DTW	SFO	5h 21m	71%	0.7%	408	Flying now
Delta	DTW	SFO	5h 01m	67%	0.7%	1,388	Flying now

Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON