Best time to fly Portland to Atlanta

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

Best month

March

99% on time · 105 flights

Worst month

July

75.4% on time · 178 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 94 93.3% 3.19% 38 min
February 80 98.7% 2.5% 36 min
March 105 99% 1.9% 111 min
April 116 88.7% 0.86% 48 min
May 129 87.6% 0% 86 min
June 149 83.7% 0.67% 52 min
July 178 75.4% 0.56% 80 min
August 163 87% 0.61% 46 min
September 145 89% 0% 28 min
October 154 90.3% 0% 39 min
November 140 90.6% 1.43% 34 min
December 122 88.4% 0.82% 53 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.