Best time to fly Chicago to Pittsburgh

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

Best month

September

85.2% on time · 345 flights

Worst month

March

60.1% on time · 281 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 271 69.3% 3.69% 94 min
February 257 77.7% 0.39% 57 min
March 281 60.1% 2.85% 99 min
April 346 73.2% 2.89% 75 min
May 397 80.5% 0.76% 88 min
June 365 76.6% 3.01% 99 min
July 338 69.2% 2.07% 88 min
August 343 80.6% 2.33% 88 min
September 345 85.2% 0.29% 59 min
October 372 79.7% 0.27% 43 min
November 329 75.9% 4.26% 75 min
December 304 64.1% 0.99% 80 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.