Best time to fly Detroit to Madison

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

Best month

April

89.8% on time · 49 flights

Worst month

January

40.5% on time · 74 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 74 40.5% 0% 109 min
February 93 60.2% 0% 63 min
March 51 73.5% 3.92% 77 min
April 49 89.8% 0% 66 min
May 57 81.8% 3.51% 70 min
June 56 87.5% 0% 118 min
July 84 75% 0% 87 min
August 88 80.7% 0% 57 min
September 87 85.1% 0% 46 min
October 114 88.6% 0% 38 min
November 64 81.3% 0% 65 min
December 89 54.2% 4.49% 95 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.