Best time to fly Chicago to Sioux Falls

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

Best month

September

78.4% on time · 238 flights

Worst month

July

52% on time · 185 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 226 67.9% 0.88% 105 min
February 240 71.4% 0.83% 63 min
March 270 68% 4.07% 64 min
April 322 71.7% 2.48% 61 min
May 298 77.1% 1.34% 57 min
June 240 53.2% 2.08% 95 min
July 185 52% 3.78% 81 min
August 223 66% 3.14% 76 min
September 238 78.4% 0.84% 78 min
October 245 68.4% 0.41% 69 min
November 284 75.1% 5.28% 81 min
December 318 55.3% 7.86% 115 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.