Best time to fly Detroit to Pittsburgh

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

Best month

October

91.9% on time · 37 flights

Worst month

January

49.5% on time · 104 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 104 49.5% 2.88% 91 min
February 106 71.7% 0% 101 min
March 99 69.5% 3.03% 83 min
April 118 87.3% 0% 62 min
May 78 88.5% 0% 42 min
June 81 90.1% 0% 51 min
July 110 75.5% 0% 70 min
August 96 89.6% 0% 42 min
September 85 90.6% 0% 76 min
October 37 91.9% 0% 44 min
November 34 90.9% 2.94% 111 min
December 58 56.9% 0% 64 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.