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How Does Grosse Pointe Stack Up for Air Fares, On-Time Flights?
Find out if your airport is a soaring success — or if that's hardly the case.
UGH! That's bound to be your instant reaction when you see the word "airport," especially if you're a person who has endured today's long lines, pat-downs, baggage fees, surly workers, crowded gate areas, dirty restrooms, weak WiFi, flights delayed, flights cancelled, garbled announcements, bad food at high prices, and annoying monitors booming cable news.
Not to mention confusing fares, packed planes, cramped cabins, smelly seatmates, testy flight attendants, disgusting seat-back trays, bumpy flights, late landings, dragged-out deplaning, missed connections, baggage delays, lost luggage, and aggravatingly long bus rides to your parked car.
Ugh, indeed.
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Think you’ve had it worse than most air travelers? Find out how your local airport stacks up against others across the U.S. when it comes to ticket prices, on-time arrivals and departures, and more.
Average Air Fares from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
A Delta airliner taking off from an airport into a clear blue sky.
According to the government’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, people flying out of Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) or Gerald R. Ford International (GRR) or Bishop International (FNT) are paying an average round-trip fare of $366.12 and $396.11 and $345.95 respectively.
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What do you think? Does that seem high to you? Or maybe lower than you've experienced? Remember, that's the average.
The average airline ticket price in the State of Michigan during the third quarter of 2018 was $500.67, the government says.
The national average airline ticket price during the quarter was $444.27.
In Michigan, you'll pay an average 12% more than the national average.
| Region | Airport | Avg. Fare |
|---|---|---|
| U.S.A. | — | $444.27 |
| Michigan | — | $500.67 |
| Detroit | Detroit Metro Wayne County | $366.12 |
| Grand Rapids | Gerald R. Ford International | $396.11 |
| Flint | Bishop International | $345.95 |
| Traverse City | Cherry Capital | $564.30 |
| Lansing | Capital Region International | $476.08 |
| Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International | $533.51 |
| Saginaw/Bay City/Midland | MBS International | $549.12 |
| Marquette | Sawyer International | $560.19 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Chippewa County International | $557.30 |
| Hancock/Houghton | Houghton County Memorial | $573.11 |
| Pellston | Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County | $678.58 |
| Muskegon | Muskegon County | $364.31 |
| Escanaba | Delta County | $462.86 |
| Iron Mountain/Kingsfd | Ford | $519.39 |
| Alpena | Alpena County Regional | $568.09 |
On-time performance at DTW & GRR & FNT
An aerial view of the airport in Newark, New Jersey.
Now let’s see how your airport rates for getting flights in and out on time. And see if your feeling that the place is ALWAYS running behind schedule is accurate.
Given your ease-of-access to multiple airports, consider booking your next flight from the airport with the best on-time performance. Of the departures from DTW and GRR and FNT last year, 83.6% and 81.1% and 83.8% respectively got off on time, and 15.3% and 16.9% and 14.1% respectively were delayed.
Now you know the odds, next time you have a flight to catch.
Where you live, do the airports have some work to do? For comparison, 82.0% of flights at all U.S. airports were on time last year through October and 16.0% were delayed, according to the federal agency.