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DTW SFO4h 51m

The route from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (KDTW) in Detroit to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) in San Francisco. SkyMeter tracks roughly 1,876 scheduled flights on this route across 11 carriers. The most active operator is DAL (DAL). Average block time is 5h 0m. Departures average 34 minutes off schedule, with 53% running more than 15 minutes late. The most common aircraft on this route is the BOEING Boeing 737-900.

Scheduled
1,876
last 445 days
ADS-B observed
447
Airlines
11
Avg dep delay
34m
Late >15 min
53.3%
Cancel rate
0.80%

Airlines on this route

8 carriers · scheduled

Delta Air Lines
DAL · DL · 1,420 flights · avg 32m delay · 53.5% late
11 cancelled
United Airlines
UAL · UA · 450 flights · avg 40m delay · 52.0% late
4 cancelled
Vja
VJA · 1 flights · avg 40m delay · 100.0% late
Netjets Aviation
EJA · 1I · 1 flights · avg —m delay · 0.0% late
Jet Linx Aviation
JTL · JL · 1 flights · avg 30m delay · 100.0% late
Jetblue Airwaysoration
JBU · B6 · 1 flights · avg 322m delay · 100.0% late
Flexjet
LXJ · LXJ · 1 flights · avg 54m delay · 100.0% late
Rkj
RKJ · 1 flights · avg 78m delay · 100.0% late

Recent observed flights

From ADS-B trace data

DAL469N815DNB739
2026-07-19 18:23  →  2026-07-19 22:44  ·  4h 20m
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UAL1550N17596B39M
2026-07-19 14:55  →  2026-07-19 19:22  ·  4h 26m
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DAL361N915DUB739
2026-07-19 12:44  →  2026-07-19 17:15  ·  4h 30m
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DAL1327N814DNB739
2026-07-19 00:43  →  2026-07-19 05:22  ·  4h 39m
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UAL1863N806UAA319
2026-07-18 21:29  →  2026-07-19 02:14  ·  4h 45m
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DAL442N810DNB739
2026-07-18 20:22  →  2026-07-19 01:04  ·  4h 41m
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DAL469N803DNB739
2026-07-18 17:01  →  2026-07-18 21:17  ·  4h 16m
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DAL361N707TWB752
2026-07-18 12:47  →  2026-07-18 17:15  ·  4h 28m
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DAL1327N878DNB739
2026-07-18 01:49  →  2026-07-18 06:45  ·  4h 55m
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DAL509N821DNB739
2026-07-17 23:33  →  2026-07-18 04:09  ·  4h 36m
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Codeshare partnerships

Marketing carriers selling tickets on this route under their own flight numbers

sells DAL 580
sells DAL 567
sells DAL 435
sells UAL 355
sells UAL 337
sells DAL 275
sells DAL 106
sells DAL 28
sells DAL 13

Typical aircraft

Observed via ADS-B on this route

BOEING Boeing 737-900
B739
62%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A319
A319
10%
of flights
BOEING Boeing 757-200
B752
8%
of flights
BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 9
B39M
7%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A321 Neo
A21N
4%
of flights
AIRBUS Airbus A320
A320
4%
of flights
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE Gulfstream V
GLF5
1%
of flights
BOEING Boeing 737 MAX 8
B38M
0%
of flights

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