Best time to fly Chicago to Austin

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

Best month

February

85.9% on time · 213 flights

Worst month

July

58.1% on time · 268 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 207 69.9% 5.31% 74 min
February 213 85.9% 0% 43 min
March 302 66.8% 3.31% 89 min
April 295 69.4% 3.73% 82 min
May 300 71.5% 0% 61 min
June 269 67.5% 1.49% 84 min
July 268 58.1% 3.73% 67 min
August 266 75.7% 2.63% 76 min
September 258 80.2% 0.39% 70 min
October 299 76.2% 0.33% 63 min
November 255 76.7% 3.53% 72 min
December 237 68.2% 0.42% 95 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.