Best time to fly Washington to Dallas

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

Best month

January

82% on time · 146 flights

Worst month

June

58.7% on time · 146 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 146 82% 4.79% 81 min
February 132 76% 2.27% 70 min
March 151 74.3% 1.32% 74 min
April 143 75.9% 0.7% 53 min
May 145 64.5% 1.38% 53 min
June 146 58.7% 1.37% 72 min
July 150 68.3% 5.33% 76 min
August 146 72% 2.05% 56 min
September 142 77.1% 0% 45 min
October 146 73.6% 0.68% 67 min
November 139 76.5% 2.16% 76 min
December 149 79.1% 0% 54 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.