Best time to fly Chicago to Cincinnati

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

Best month

May

80.7% on time · 459 flights

Worst month

December

59.5% on time · 346 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 299 64.6% 4.35% 95 min
February 313 71.2% 0.32% 73 min
March 408 61.3% 4.9% 86 min
April 403 71.9% 4.47% 68 min
May 459 80.7% 1.96% 63 min
June 420 78.2% 3.57% 102 min
July 393 63.2% 2.54% 63 min
August 407 78.5% 2.95% 75 min
September 404 80.3% 0.74% 54 min
October 417 77.7% 0% 53 min
November 378 73.2% 8.2% 70 min
December 346 59.5% 3.76% 87 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.