Best time to fly Newark to Raleigh/Durham

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

Best month

April

84.4% on time · 327 flights

Worst month

July

65.7% on time · 360 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 301 80.1% 4.98% 55 min
February 292 75.5% 6.51% 69 min
March 324 77.6% 0.62% 60 min
April 327 84.4% 1.53% 67 min
May 331 74.4% 2.11% 70 min
June 315 79.6% 3.17% 94 min
July 360 65.7% 7.78% 93 min
August 355 72% 5.07% 107 min
September 347 80.5% 0.58% 75 min
October 403 76.6% 0.25% 59 min
November 436 71.9% 1.38% 68 min
December 405 70.7% 1.48% 64 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.