Best time to fly Manchester to Washington

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

Best month

October

83.2% on time · 208 flights

Worst month

February

55.8% on time · 189 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 198 70.9% 12.63% 97 min
February 189 55.8% 13.23% 114 min
March 212 70.2% 5.66% 116 min
April 203 79% 1.48% 113 min
May 203 75.3% 4.43% 78 min
June 198 65.2% 10.1% 138 min
July 231 68.4% 9.52% 104 min
August 231 72.6% 3.9% 101 min
September 204 79.1% 1.47% 64 min
October 208 83.2% 0% 62 min
November 199 82.2% 1.01% 58 min
December 190 70.2% 3.68% 101 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.