Best time to fly Kansas City to Washington

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

Best month

January

86.7% on time · 301 flights

Worst month

February

67.2% on time · 276 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 301 86.7% 9.3% 115 min
February 276 67.2% 4.71% 82 min
March 305 71.9% 5.57% 100 min
April 328 81.8% 0.91% 71 min
May 336 68.8% 1.49% 75 min
June 328 69.3% 3.66% 117 min
July 308 72.5% 3.57% 108 min
August 283 79.6% 2.12% 45 min
September 296 81% 0% 47 min
October 306 81.7% 0% 41 min
November 325 82% 1.85% 62 min
December 316 78.2% 1.27% 70 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.