Direct flights from Tucson (TUS) to Detroit (DTW): 2 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is on schedule. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 2,674 km, an estimated 3 hours 56 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Tucson and Detroit. Updated 18 October 2026 at 17:33 UTC.
Left TUS at 08:37, 97 min after its 07:00 slot.
Landing estimate from 71,119 tracked flights of 2 to 4 hours that left 60 to 119 min late. The DTW board has not posted a landing time yet. How planes make up time
Track DL4608 →Checked TUS board 10:33 · DTW board 10:03
route health from live TUS and DTW delay boards
Median arrival delay is +0 min. 0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at TUS: 33% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +13 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop TUS to DTW flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — Tucson (TUS) to Detroit (DTW) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at TUS is the weaker end, route health score 94/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Operators schedule morning departures around 07:00 and evening departures around 17:30 from TUS. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the DTW delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.
Great-circle distance is 2,674 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 219–259 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Delta Air Lines runs the route with about 2 flights a week (sat–sun). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
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