Best time to fly Washington to Burlington

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

Best month

September

84.3% on time · 232 flights

Worst month

December

60.8% on time · 206 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 209 76.7% 9.09% 60 min
February 191 62.6% 8.38% 81 min
March 212 71.1% 3.3% 73 min
April 199 77.8% 0.5% 67 min
May 206 74.5% 2.43% 57 min
June 205 67.9% 7.32% 112 min
July 236 71.4% 6.36% 76 min
August 237 77.7% 3.38% 67 min
September 232 84.3% 0.43% 77 min
October 236 80% 0.42% 53 min
November 204 74.8% 0.49% 66 min
December 206 60.8% 3.4% 105 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.