Best time to fly Atlanta to Seattle

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

Best month

September

89% on time · 283 flights

Worst month

December

61.1% on time · 269 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 214 73.5% 1.4% 46 min
February 193 75.4% 0.52% 46 min
March 232 69.5% 1.29% 54 min
April 252 88% 0.4% 67 min
May 296 76.7% 0% 50 min
June 324 76.7% 0.31% 52 min
July 347 78% 0.86% 60 min
August 315 76.4% 0.32% 57 min
September 283 89% 0% 52 min
October 295 81.8% 1.02% 54 min
November 257 84.7% 0.78% 52 min
December 269 61.1% 1.12% 55 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.