Best time to fly Dayton to Chicago

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

Best month

September

87.6% on time · 236 flights

Worst month

February

61.2% on time · 229 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 247 66% 4.45% 123 min
February 229 61.2% 0.87% 87 min
March 202 71.8% 6.93% 86 min
April 274 77.2% 4.01% 102 min
May 282 77.5% 2.13% 71 min
June 312 70.7% 2.56% 92 min
July 228 74.8% 2.19% 114 min
August 244 70.3% 3.28% 85 min
September 236 87.6% 0.85% 73 min
October 286 85.7% 0% 55 min
November 317 75.5% 5.99% 107 min
December 213 68% 4.69% 88 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.