Best time to fly Detroit to Lansing

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

Best month

May

85.2% on time · 128 flights

Worst month

January

65% on time · 167 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 167 65% 1.8% 131 min
February 156 66.7% 0% 85 min
March 157 66.5% 1.27% 106 min
April 161 82% 0% 64 min
May 128 85.2% 0% 74 min
June 139 77% 0% 79 min
July 170 78.6% 1.18% 69 min
August 170 81.1% 0.59% 81 min
September 166 84.3% 0% 46 min
October 176 84.1% 0% 49 min
November 125 78% 1.6% 106 min
December 140 66.9% 0.71% 112 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.