Best time to fly Washington to Charleston/Dunbar

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

Best month

October

90.3% on time · 62 flights

Worst month

February

38.6% on time · 54 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 48 60.5% 18.75% 132 min
February 54 38.6% 16.67% 86 min
March 62 43.9% 8.06% 74 min
April 60 60.3% 1.67% 120 min
May 62 61% 4.84% 81 min
June 59 52% 15.25% 115 min
July 62 59.6% 16.13% 151 min
August 62 53.4% 6.45% 105 min
September 60 79.3% 3.33% 40 min
October 62 90.3% 0% 30 min
November 58 75% 3.45% 56 min
December 33 62.1% 12.12% 127 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.