Best time to fly Buffalo to Washington

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

Best month

October

81.4% on time · 215 flights

Worst month

February

48.3% on time · 173 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 206 60.8% 12.14% 100 min
February 173 48.3% 12.14% 131 min
March 177 69.6% 4.52% 95 min
April 202 76.4% 1.49% 80 min
May 212 69.6% 3.77% 55 min
June 206 63.2% 11.65% 165 min
July 234 62% 8.97% 96 min
August 233 74.9% 3.43% 132 min
September 232 77.5% 0% 91 min
October 215 81.4% 0% 82 min
November 178 69.4% 2.25% 89 min
December 191 60.2% 4.71% 90 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.