You’ve seen the flight cancellation issues across the country, but are they really a problem at DTW?

Romulus – Delays, flight cancellations and traveler frustrations have created a turbulent few months at airports across the country. But has Detroit Metropolitan Airport deal with these same problems?

Local 4 consumer researcher Hank Winchester took an inside look at today’s travel experience. He left Detroit early Wednesday morning and flew to Orlando, the most common destination for flights from DTW.

LILY: Full updates to all of Help Me Hank’s travel test

Hank arrived at the airport around 5:45 a.m. for an 8:30 a.m. flight. It was early, but he wanted to be ready in case there were any last-minute problems.

There were 11 cancellations Wednesday morning at DTW, but they all affected flights in the other terminal. Hank’s plane landed in Orlando almost on time.

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Hank spoke with other travelers who weren’t so lucky. Thousands of flights across the United States are canceled every day due to staffing issues, full planes, pilots protesting working conditions and overworked flight crews.

But overall, the vast majority of flights out of DTW were unaffected. Since April 1, only 1.7% of all flights have been canceled and 19.2% have been delayed. Delta, Detroit’s largest airline, canceled 1.9% of flights during that period.

What can you do to adapt to these uncertain travel times? Be flexible. Buy insurance. Fly mid-week, if possible.

FlightAware has provided numbers showing DTW’s most common cancellation destinations over the past few months. You can view these statistics below.

Here is the total number of DTW flights canceled from April 1 to July 4, sorted by airline:

• Delta Airlines: 350 total flights canceled (1.9% of Delta flights)

• Republic Airways: 95 (3.3%)

• Spirit Airlines: 60 (2%)

• Sky West Airlines: 50 (0.7%)

• Jazz Aviation LP: 49 (15.4%)

• Endeavor Air: 44 (0.9%)

• US airlines: 28 (2.7%)

• JetBlue: 22 (5.6%)

• PSA Airlines: 15 (4.1%)

• GoJet Airlines: 7 (5.9%)

• United Airlines: 7 (2.9%)

• Alaska Airlines: 6 (4.7%)

• South West Airlines: 6 (0.6%)

• Air France: 4 (1.7%)

• SwitchAir: 3 (1.9%)

• Air Envoy: 2 (1.1%)

• Border airlines: 2 (0.6%)

• Deutsche Lufthansa AG: 1 (1.5%)

Cancellations per month

Here’s the number of canceled flights at DTW, broken down by airline and month.

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All carriers:

REMARK: Only individual airlines with at least 900 total flights from DTW between early April and late June have been included in this section.

American airlines:

Delta Airlines:

Endeavor Air:

Republic Airways:

Sky West Airlines:

South West Airlines:

Spirit Airlines:

Cancellations by destination

Here are the DTW destinations that had the most cancellations from April 1 to July 4, sorted by carrier:

REMARK: These carriers each had at least 20 canceled flights during this period.

All carriers:

• Newark – 76 flights canceled (7.3%)

• LaGuardia – 60 (4.9%)

• Orlando — 31 (2.4%)

• Toronto — 30 (4.4%)

American airlines:

• Dallas-Fort Worth — 11 (2.6%)

• Charlotte — 10 (2.6%)

• Miami — 5 (4.6%)

• Phoenix — 2 (1.6%)

Delta:

• LaGuardia – 32 (6.2%)

• San Francisco — 20 (6%)

• Orlando — 20 (3.3%)

• ft. Lauderdale — 15 (3.4%)

Endeavor Air:

• New York (JFK) — 12 (3.1%)

• Toronto Pearson — 5 (1.7%)

• Norfolk — 3 (5%)

• Lehigh Valley — 3 (1.6%)

Jazz Aviation LP:

• Toronto Pearson — 25 (8.7%)

• Montreal-Dorval — 24 (34.8%)

JetBlue:

• New York (JFK) — 12 (6.3%)

• Boston Logan — 10 (5.1%)

Republic Airways:

• Newark — 63 (13.2%)

• LaGuardia- 25 (5.8%)

• Washington, D.C. (Reagan) — 4 (2.3%)

Sky West Airlines:

• Chicago O’Hare – 4 (0.5%)

• Tucson — 3 (30%)

• Cleveland — 3 (1.1%)

• Washington Dulles — 3 (1.1%)

Spirit:

• Orlando — 10 (2.3%)

• LA — 8 (4.2%)

• Fort Myers — 8 (3.2%)

• Las Vegas — 6 (3%)

Hank’s Travels

You can watch Hank’s full travel updates in the videos below..