Best time to fly Miami to Chicago

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

Best month

July

83.7% on time · 105 flights

Worst month

August

51.9% on time · 82 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 109 73.1% 0.92% 72 min
February 102 68% 0.98% 74 min
March 166 70.8% 2.41% 77 min
April 123 79.2% 0.81% 51 min
May 106 79% 0% 92 min
June 71 77.5% 0% 63 min
July 105 83.7% 5.71% 91 min
August 82 51.9% 3.66% 54 min
September 69 78.3% 0% 78 min
October 55 74.5% 0% 68 min
November 86 74.4% 3.49% 71 min
December 105 66% 1.9% 46 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.