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1,794 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 94% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 7 in 10.

Best time to leave 5–6 am 94% arrive on time from SFO
Best single flight DL 772 SFO 05:40 → DTW 13:13 · 93% on time Avoid DL 717 SFO 14:23 → DTW 21:59 · 65% 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).

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% 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
Detroit flights leaving SFO 10–11 pm: 1Close ×
DL 335 SFO 22:55 DTW 06:30 4h 35m 358 74% 0.6% 47 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 406 85% 0.2% 52 min
Delta 1,388 78% 0.8% 53 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 772 SFO 05:40 DTW 13:13 93%
DL 361 SFO 11:39 DTW 19:14 78%
DL 335 SFO 22:55 DTW 06:30 74%
DL 717 SFO 14:23 DTW 21:59 65%
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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 SFO DTW 4h 41m 85% 0.2% 406 Flying now
Delta SFO DTW 4h 33m 78% 0.8% 1,388 Flying now
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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