Best time to fly Fort Lauderdale to Washington

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

Best month

September

79.7% on time · 144 flights

Worst month

July

55.8% on time · 176 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 222 65.5% 6.76% 76 min
February 190 63.6% 2.11% 65 min
March 211 61.2% 1.9% 89 min
April 201 70% 0.5% 68 min
May 195 73.7% 0% 64 min
June 171 73.1% 1.75% 82 min
July 176 55.8% 4.55% 96 min
August 173 62.4% 0.58% 64 min
September 144 79.7% 0% 100 min
October 187 76.9% 0% 59 min
November 200 69.1% 2.5% 68 min
December 233 62.2% 0.86% 71 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.