Best time to fly Minneapolis to Bismarck/Mandan

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

Best month

October

96.8% on time · 93 flights

Worst month

December

64.1% on time · 108 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 45 66.7% 0% 52 min
February 29 79.3% 0% 86 min
March 55 66% 3.64% 70 min
April 95 86.3% 0% 48 min
May 68 89.7% 0% 97 min
June 108 85.7% 1.85% 62 min
July 120 70.6% 0% 108 min
August 138 79.7% 0% 89 min
September 124 88.7% 0% 50 min
October 93 96.8% 0% 34 min
November 45 88.6% 2.22% 66 min
December 108 64.1% 3.7% 53 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.