Best time to fly Chicago to Fort Lauderdale

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

Best month

August

83.4% on time · 204 flights

Worst month

March

57.3% on time · 440 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 381 67.9% 2.62% 78 min
February 355 75.8% 2.25% 65 min
March 440 57.3% 5.91% 82 min
April 327 70.4% 2.75% 65 min
May 228 76.3% 0% 63 min
June 202 75.9% 0.99% 61 min
July 212 79.2% 1.89% 80 min
August 204 83.4% 0.49% 170 min
September 206 82.3% 0.49% 44 min
October 219 81.3% 0% 56 min
November 288 75.8% 2.43% 79 min
December 362 67.9% 1.1% 93 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.