Best time to fly Newark to Houston

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

Best month

September

87.5% on time · 327 flights

Worst month

July

67.8% on time · 342 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 321 82% 4.67% 63 min
February 282 82.6% 6.03% 73 min
March 310 80% 2.9% 89 min
April 297 85.7% 1.01% 67 min
May 289 81.3% 1.38% 45 min
June 300 80% 0% 63 min
July 342 67.8% 5.85% 104 min
August 338 77.7% 0.3% 76 min
September 327 87.5% 0% 76 min
October 336 73.1% 0.3% 64 min
November 323 81.4% 1.86% 87 min
December 333 77.6% 0.9% 74 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.