Best time to fly Chicago to Fort Dodge

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

Best month

October

83.2% on time · 107 flights

Worst month

July

70.3% on time · 75 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 107 70.9% 3.74% 68 min
February 96 78.3% 3.13% 63 min
March 106 76.8% 8.49% 96 min
April 103 72.4% 3.88% 73 min
May 98 82.5% 0% 84 min
June 78 72.7% 0% 64 min
July 75 70.3% 1.33% 61 min
August 75 71.6% 1.33% 75 min
September 103 79.6% 0% 65 min
October 107 83.2% 0% 48 min
November 102 72.7% 2.94% 62 min
December 108 75.3% 8.33% 86 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.