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 ORD record →

Best month

May

79% on time · 715 flights

Worst month

December

60.6% on time · 594 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 529 65.3% 1.51% 79 min
February 489 70.7% 0.82% 79 min
March 547 69.7% 2.93% 92 min
April 734 72.3% 3.95% 91 min
May 715 79% 0.98% 86 min
June 630 71.3% 2.06% 70 min
July 523 68.4% 2.1% 81 min
August 523 70.9% 1.34% 72 min
September 541 76% 0.37% 64 min
October 580 76% 0.17% 59 min
November 605 77.2% 4.3% 100 min
December 594 60.6% 1.68% 94 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.