Best time to fly New York to Houston

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

Best month

September

85.1% on time · 215 flights

Worst month

June

62.8% on time · 224 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 234 78.2% 5.98% 45 min
February 208 78.3% 4.81% 50 min
March 230 80.4% 4.35% 78 min
April 230 77% 1.3% 49 min
May 238 65.3% 0.84% 57 min
June 224 62.8% 1.79% 77 min
July 232 66.8% 3.45% 74 min
August 221 76.1% 2.71% 69 min
September 215 85.1% 0% 80 min
October 224 79.9% 1.34% 62 min
November 223 77.4% 0.9% 67 min
December 239 70% 0.84% 66 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.