DTW → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Detroit, MI to St. Louis, MO · 593 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 56% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+39 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DTW to STL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DTW → STL (593 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +39 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time45377%
16-30 min539%
31-60 min478%
61-120 min254%
2+ hrs122%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075779%+4 min
2025-084888%+0 min
2025-094794%+1 min
2025-105673%+7 min
2025-114680%-2 min
2025-124659%+19 min
2026-013376%-4 min
2026-022875%+5 min
2026-035078%+7 min
2026-045881%-4 min
2026-056169%+10 min
2026-066072%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon9176%
Tue8284%
Wed7883%
Thu9074%
Fri9369%
Sat6885%
Sun8869%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…