Best time to fly Chicago to Baltimore

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

Best month

September

80.6% on time · 248 flights

Worst month

December

61.1% on time · 207 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 150 71.8% 5.33% 72 min
February 167 76.1% 2.4% 56 min
March 198 62.4% 5.56% 88 min
April 252 70.9% 3.17% 66 min
May 274 75.3% 0.36% 46 min
June 239 72.6% 2.09% 78 min
July 247 62.7% 4.05% 65 min
August 253 75.1% 1.19% 82 min
September 248 80.6% 0% 49 min
October 246 78.5% 0% 56 min
November 215 72.5% 6.98% 71 min
December 207 61.1% 1.93% 66 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.