Best time to fly Chicago to Missoula

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

Best month

May

98.1% on time · 52 flights

Worst month

December

30.8% on time · 14 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 31 71% 0% 79 min
February 28 50% 0% 33 min
March 31 60% 0% 52 min
April 30 80% 0% 32 min
May 52 98.1% 0% 25 min
June 142 87.2% 0.7% 42 min
July 154 78.9% 0.65% 65 min
August 151 76.2% 0% 60 min
September 128 86.6% 0.78% 48 min
October 40 87.5% 0% 64 min
December 14 30.8% 0% 39 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.