Best time to fly Chicago to Fort Lauderdale

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

Best month

November

87.8% on time · 201 flights

Worst month

June

65.9% on time · 184 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 192 79.2% 0% 42 min
February 181 82.2% 0.55% 45 min
March 220 71.6% 4.09% 59 min
April 197 85.7% 0.51% 67 min
May 198 78.2% 0% 48 min
June 184 65.9% 0.54% 75 min
July 189 66.1% 1.06% 73 min
August 170 78.5% 2.94% 65 min
September 163 79.1% 0% 40 min
October 180 76.5% 0.56% 53 min
November 201 87.8% 2.49% 53 min
December 201 71.5% 0.5% 49 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.