Best time to fly Chicago to Milwaukee

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

Best month

September

73.3% on time · 394 flights

Worst month

December

53.1% on time · 405 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 373 54.8% 2.68% 94 min
February 410 60% 0.73% 87 min
March 450 59.9% 11.33% 95 min
April 516 62.2% 10.08% 83 min
May 517 71.3% 0.97% 82 min
June 416 65.5% 3.85% 100 min
July 394 58.4% 3.81% 102 min
August 399 68.1% 5.51% 91 min
September 394 73.3% 1.02% 70 min
October 463 67.8% 0% 106 min
November 464 70.9% 11.21% 83 min
December 405 53.1% 4.2% 108 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.