Best time to fly Philadelphia to St. Louis

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

Best month

October

85.3% on time · 334 flights

Worst month

July

63.9% on time · 333 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 193 80.3% 7.77% 68 min
February 162 83.6% 6.17% 52 min
March 221 77.3% 1.81% 110 min
April 244 82.6% 0% 48 min
May 262 80% 0.76% 81 min
June 279 70.7% 1.08% 86 min
July 333 63.9% 3.9% 83 min
August 343 73.5% 2.04% 89 min
September 304 81.6% 0% 46 min
October 334 85.3% 0% 68 min
November 293 84.2% 0.68% 53 min
December 282 71.8% 0.35% 70 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.