Best time to fly New York to Austin

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

Best month

April

88.9% on time · 180 flights

Worst month

December

73.4% on time · 176 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 175 87.6% 8% 86 min
February 160 83.1% 7.5% 89 min
March 176 86.5% 3.41% 69 min
April 180 88.9% 0% 85 min
May 208 81.7% 1.44% 57 min
June 205 78.1% 0.98% 117 min
July 178 76.7% 2.25% 79 min
August 176 83.3% 1.14% 94 min
September 174 85.6% 0% 91 min
October 184 82.2% 1.63% 124 min
November 168 79.4% 1.79% 63 min
December 176 73.4% 3.98% 119 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.