Best time to fly Atlanta to New York

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

Best month

September

86.8% on time · 744 flights

Worst month

July

61.8% on time · 620 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 733 83.8% 5.46% 52 min
February 672 78.1% 7.59% 53 min
March 674 65% 6.97% 95 min
April 640 75.7% 0.63% 53 min
May 677 72.9% 1.48% 79 min
June 665 72.2% 4.51% 75 min
July 620 61.8% 5.32% 91 min
August 607 78.3% 1.32% 76 min
September 744 86.8% 0.13% 71 min
October 799 70.9% 1.63% 74 min
November 760 68.1% 2.76% 75 min
December 753 65% 5.71% 82 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.