Best time to fly Detroit to Alpena

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

Best month

September

98.1% on time · 53 flights

Worst month

January

63.5% on time · 53 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 53 63.5% 1.89% 50 min
February 48 76.7% 10.42% 106 min
March 53 70.7% 20.75% 83 min
April 51 71.4% 1.96% 85 min
May 56 78.6% 0% 70 min
June 51 92% 0% 52 min
July 52 90% 1.92% 151 min
August 53 94.3% 0% 94 min
September 53 98.1% 0% 17 min
October 53 90.6% 0% 113 min
November 52 87.2% 7.69% 81 min
December 53 74.5% 11.32% 106 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.