Best time to fly London to New York

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

Best month

April

90.9% on time · 519 flights

Worst month

March

75.5% on time · 520 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 482 75.9% 2.9% 0 min
February 445 84.2% 1.8% 0 min
March 520 75.5% 5.19% 0 min
April 519 90.9% 0.39% 0 min
May 547 79.2% 1.46% 0 min
June 1,072 77% 2.43% 0 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.