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When is Detroit security busiest? 7 am, every morning.

Calmest around 5 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at DTW checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Friday, 7 am

3,420

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? Red 1 and Red 2, by 7 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • Red 1

    7 am

    760 screened

  • Red 2

    7 am

    780 screened

  • Blue-2

    5 am

    590 screened

  • Blue-1

    5 am

    640 screened

  • Red 3

    7 am

    460 screened

  • Red 5

    7 am

    440 screened

  • Red 6

    7 am

    150 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

5 am: 88% left on time. 8 pm: 66%.

Flight records,

Share of DTW departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
5 am88%
6 am86%
7 am88%
8 am85%
9 am83%
10 am81%
11 am81%
12 pm78%
1 pm71%
2 pm76%
3 pm73%
4 pm72%
5 pm67%
6 pm70%
7 pm68%
8 pm66%
9 pm74%
10 pm72%

Which airline runs on time here? United and Delta lead.

Delta flies 77% of DTW departures and landed on time 75% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 7,290 flights, 2.6% cancelled 77%
  2. Delta 108,918 flights, 1.6% cancelled 75%
  3. American 10,106 flights, 3.6% cancelled 75%
  4. Southwest 4,460 flights, 0.8% cancelled 74%
  5. Spirit 6,187 flights, 3.6% cancelled 71%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Alaska 76% of 550, JetBlue 72% of 1,299, Frontier 69% of 3,308.

Where do DTW flights land late? Chicago, New York, Newark.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
ORD Chicago6,15270%
ATL Atlanta4,83278%
LGA New York3,86670%
EWR Newark3,70073%
MCO Orlando3,60074%
CLT Charlotte3,51482%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth3,48274%
DEN Denver3,11079%

Every route from DTW

107 destinations with flights in the last twelve months.