Best time to fly out of Alpena (APN)
Alpena did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | 82 | – | – | 76 |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at APN
December was the hard month at APN: 70.7% of departures left on time, across 159 flights. September was the easy one at 91.1%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74.3% | 158 |
| February | 77.7% | 146 |
| March | 83.8% | 161 |
| April | 85.2% | 152 |
| May | 82.8% | 163 |
| June | 85.6% | 155 |
| July | 82.2% | 104 |
| August | 88% | 134 |
| September | 91.1% | 158 |
| October | 89.2% | 158 |
| November | 86.1% | 155 |
| December | 70.7% | 159 |
Airlines at APN
Every airline with at least 100 departures from APN, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 83.2% | 131 min | 3.8% | 1,803 |
What delays out of APN were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 292 flights that departed APN and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 65.2% put down to airline operations and 30.7% to severe weather.
- Late-arriving aircraft 0%
- Airline operations 65.2%
- Air traffic & airport volume 4%
- Severe weather 30.7%
- Security 0.1%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through APN
Of 1,803 scheduled arrivals into APN, 78.1% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 316 arrivals that ran late, 40.8% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of APN
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- DTW 83.2% on time · 1,803 flights
APN in one number
Alpena (APN)
Rank 303 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 10am–12pm. Hardest month: December.
Questions about APN
- What is the worst month to fly out of APN?
- December: 70.7% of the departures that flew left on time, with 159 scheduled. September was the other end of the year at 91.1%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at APN?
- 3.8% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.