Best time to fly Norfolk to Chicago

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

There is not yet enough of the year on record for this route to say anything about seasons. The months below are shown as recorded.

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 30 100% 3.33%
February 27 92% 3.7% 125 min
March 31 44.8% 3.23% 57 min
April 30 89.7% 0% 29 min
May 31 80.6% 0% 68 min
June 84 61% 1.19% 53 min
July 88 75.9% 1.14% 89 min
August 61 80% 1.64% 76 min
September 56 80% 1.79% 45 min
October 58 93.1% 0% 28 min
November 35 90.9% 5.71% 58 min
December 42 71.4% 0% 56 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.