Best time to fly Detroit to Newark

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

Best month

September

85.9% on time · 683 flights

Worst month

July

65% on time · 646 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 494 77.1% 4.45% 64 min
February 486 76.8% 5.76% 67 min
March 553 78.8% 3.44% 78 min
April 484 77.1% 0.83% 82 min
May 451 70.8% 3.55% 112 min
June 529 74.5% 4.16% 110 min
July 646 65% 9.75% 104 min
August 662 74.5% 2.87% 89 min
September 683 85.9% 1.02% 74 min
October 666 79.3% 0.75% 68 min
November 590 75.5% 4.92% 75 min
December 516 68% 3.68% 76 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.