Best time to fly Charleston to Washington

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

Best month

September

96% on time · 50 flights

Worst month

December

71.9% on time · 57 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 57 75% 8.77% 89 min
February 53 88.7% 0% 60 min
March 90 79.5% 1.11% 84 min
April 77 85.7% 0% 71 min
May 82 92.7% 0% 64 min
June 60 91.7% 0% 106 min
July 63 83.3% 4.76% 94 min
August 58 86.2% 0% 67 min
September 50 96% 0% 135 min
October 51 86.3% 0% 149 min
November 61 80% 1.64% 134 min
December 57 71.9% 0% 57 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.