Best time to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Raleigh/Durham

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

Best month

September

81.8% on time · 326 flights

Worst month

July

54.4% on time · 402 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 340 76.5% 10% 71 min
February 295 81.7% 1.69% 78 min
March 353 71.7% 2.55% 60 min
April 377 68.9% 1.59% 67 min
May 403 70.4% 2.73% 66 min
June 399 58.1% 3.51% 78 min
July 402 54.4% 1.99% 81 min
August 381 68% 2.1% 76 min
September 326 81.8% 1.84% 64 min
October 400 76.7% 0.25% 53 min
November 375 76.8% 1.07% 65 min
December 391 70.5% 1.28% 75 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.