Best time to fly Sioux Falls to Chicago

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

Best month

September

81% on time · 238 flights

Worst month

December

57.2% on time · 317 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 226 79.3% 1.33% 107 min
February 242 80.9% 0.41% 102 min
March 270 74% 4.07% 72 min
April 322 73.9% 3.11% 59 min
May 298 78.4% 0.67% 67 min
June 241 67.2% 2.49% 110 min
July 185 63.6% 3.24% 98 min
August 223 72.7% 2.69% 80 min
September 238 81% 0.42% 68 min
October 245 69.7% 0.41% 68 min
November 283 77.2% 5.65% 96 min
December 317 57.2% 8.2% 122 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.