Best time to fly Chicago to Duluth

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

Best month

October

73.7% on time · 114 flights

Worst month

December

41.4% on time · 63 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 62 50.8% 1.61% 45 min
February 73 64.3% 2.74% 45 min
March 110 55.7% 11.82% 95 min
April 137 65.3% 8.03% 76 min
May 134 68.4% 0.75% 69 min
June 95 73.6% 4.21% 93 min
July 113 68.2% 1.77% 95 min
August 107 68.3% 2.8% 52 min
September 119 68.4% 0.84% 55 min
October 114 73.7% 0% 47 min
November 89 57.6% 4.49% 80 min
December 63 41.4% 7.94% 193 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.