Best time to fly Chicago to Reno

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

Best month

September

79.4% on time · 63 flights

Worst month

July

43.7% on time · 91 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 62 62.9% 0% 67 min
February 56 57.1% 0% 47 min
March 63 66.7% 3.17% 75 min
April 60 68.3% 0% 78 min
May 62 66.1% 0% 83 min
June 60 50% 0% 88 min
July 91 43.7% 3.3% 71 min
August 93 50% 3.23% 64 min
September 63 79.4% 0% 57 min
October 62 69.4% 0% 39 min
November 60 73.3% 0% 77 min
December 57 54.4% 0% 60 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.