Best time to fly Grand Rapids to Detroit

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

Best month

September

92.1% on time · 89 flights

Worst month

December

50.4% on time · 125 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 97 56.7% 0% 152 min
February 103 74.5% 0.97% 102 min
March 166 65% 3.01% 112 min
April 139 84.7% 1.44% 99 min
May 186 87.6% 0.54% 86 min
June 118 89.8% 0% 64 min
July 93 69.6% 1.08% 104 min
August 93 87.1% 0% 70 min
September 89 92.1% 0% 119 min
October 187 89.3% 0% 59 min
November 192 82% 1.56% 126 min
December 125 50.4% 1.6% 101 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.