Best time to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Washington

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

Best month

January

81.3% on time · 586 flights

Worst month

June

66% on time · 543 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 586 81.3% 10.58% 63 min
February 532 77.3% 2.07% 60 min
March 586 72.5% 2.22% 54 min
April 594 74.1% 1.85% 66 min
May 607 74.4% 3.29% 71 min
June 543 66% 4.97% 74 min
July 536 68.4% 4.29% 71 min
August 551 74.9% 2.18% 77 min
September 567 75.9% 1.41% 52 min
October 588 77.5% 0.17% 54 min
November 556 76.5% 0.9% 68 min
December 580 77.5% 1.03% 69 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.