Best time to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Detroit

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full DFW to DTW record →

Best month

October

85% on time · 664 flights

Worst month

July

68.6% on time · 651 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 595 76.3% 6.22% 77 min
February 525 83.1% 0.57% 68 min
March 649 76.6% 1.08% 78 min
April 658 76.5% 1.06% 76 min
May 647 72.2% 2.32% 80 min
June 620 70.5% 2.74% 82 min
July 651 68.6% 2.92% 76 min
August 631 75.2% 0.95% 73 min
September 578 82.1% 0.69% 57 min
October 664 85% 0.3% 71 min
November 637 77.3% 1.26% 80 min
December 648 73.8% 0.46% 71 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.