Best time to fly Grand Rapids to Chicago

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

Best month

October

87.8% on time · 156 flights

Worst month

June

73.4% on time · 169 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 125 76.8% 0% 66 min
February 112 76.4% 0% 40 min
March 151 79.7% 1.32% 61 min
April 150 84% 0% 48 min
May 152 87.5% 0% 53 min
June 169 73.4% 0% 51 min
July 178 77.8% 0% 57 min
August 175 81.7% 0% 56 min
September 171 80.1% 0% 34 min
October 156 87.8% 0% 29 min
November 121 82.4% 1.65% 60 min
December 125 74% 0% 54 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.