Best time to fly Chicago to Nashville

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

Best month

September

91.8% on time · 159 flights

Worst month

July

70.3% on time · 175 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 132 87.2% 5.3% 53 min
February 119 89.1% 0% 30 min
March 164 78.8% 2.44% 86 min
April 166 84% 1.81% 52 min
May 172 73.8% 0% 50 min
June 151 71.4% 2.65% 65 min
July 175 70.3% 1.14% 73 min
August 168 77.2% 0.6% 51 min
September 159 91.8% 0% 49 min
October 169 76.9% 0% 49 min
November 158 83.6% 3.8% 85 min
December 152 80.3% 0% 67 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.