Best time to fly Washington to Providence

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

Best month

September

85.3% on time · 445 flights

Worst month

February

64.9% on time · 391 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 423 74.7% 8.51% 65 min
February 391 64.9% 10.49% 75 min
March 421 71.9% 4.99% 77 min
April 420 79.2% 0.24% 58 min
May 444 74.4% 2.25% 61 min
June 439 67% 6.83% 75 min
July 457 67.4% 6.35% 92 min
August 426 73.4% 2.58% 70 min
September 445 85.3% 0.45% 64 min
October 450 82.2% 0.22% 64 min
November 392 82.3% 1.79% 59 min
December 390 73.6% 0.77% 68 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.