Best time to fly New Orleans to Houston

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

Best month

January

91.9% on time · 235 flights

Worst month

May

71.8% on time · 234 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 235 91.9% 0.43% 51 min
February 228 89.5% 0% 61 min
March 257 80.2% 1.95% 103 min
April 269 83.6% 0% 69 min
May 234 71.8% 0% 91 min
June 206 73.2% 0.49% 89 min
July 242 72.5% 1.65% 86 min
August 247 82.5% 0.4% 72 min
September 280 91% 0.71% 29 min
October 286 81.7% 0.35% 49 min
November 253 80.2% 0% 75 min
December 224 86.2% 0% 81 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.