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 ORD record →

Best month

October

84.3% on time · 658 flights

Worst month

August

63.5% on time · 670 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 824 77.9% 1.82% 76 min
February 774 77.4% 0.39% 58 min
March 933 70.2% 3.11% 80 min
April 783 77.1% 1.53% 68 min
May 724 74% 0.83% 67 min
June 664 69% 1.51% 80 min
July 665 64.5% 1.65% 74 min
August 670 63.5% 2.09% 80 min
September 622 76.6% 0% 58 min
October 658 84.3% 0.46% 57 min
November 678 83.5% 1.62% 72 min
December 789 74.7% 0.76% 64 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.