Best time to fly Minneapolis to New York

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

Best month

September

88.4% on time · 348 flights

Worst month

December

69.7% on time · 342 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 350 79.5% 2.29% 56 min
February 317 85.4% 4.42% 79 min
March 353 72.5% 3.68% 60 min
April 341 84.8% 0% 46 min
May 366 79.4% 0.55% 63 min
June 340 74.3% 1.47% 59 min
July 400 71.8% 4% 84 min
August 387 82.1% 4.39% 68 min
September 348 88.4% 0% 38 min
October 356 87% 0.56% 65 min
November 338 80.7% 0.3% 53 min
December 342 69.7% 1.46% 76 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.