Best time to fly Hartford to Washington

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

Best month

May

77.4% on time · 149 flights

Worst month

December

58.5% on time · 130 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 143 73.8% 11.89% 125 min
February 133 61.8% 7.52% 69 min
March 149 70% 5.37% 127 min
April 135 71.6% 0.74% 72 min
May 149 77.4% 2.01% 68 min
June 159 75.2% 11.32% 72 min
July 172 69.9% 16.28% 117 min
August 170 64.6% 2.94% 83 min
September 120 65.8% 2.5% 72 min
October 140 74.1% 0.71% 73 min
November 136 62.9% 2.94% 68 min
December 130 58.5% 5.38% 70 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.