Best time to fly Chicago to San Antonio

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

Best month

February

90% on time · 80 flights

Worst month

July

60.4% on time · 136 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 94 76.3% 1.06% 44 min
February 80 90% 0% 78 min
March 119 84.5% 2.52% 55 min
April 120 77.1% 1.67% 73 min
May 124 75.8% 0% 73 min
June 132 60.5% 0.76% 53 min
July 136 60.4% 0.74% 63 min
August 118 78% 0% 51 min
September 112 86.6% 0% 44 min
October 124 87.9% 0% 47 min
November 114 83% 1.75% 48 min
December 120 80% 0% 54 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.