Best time to fly Raleigh/Durham to Austin

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

Best month

October

91.2% on time · 181 flights

Worst month

July

63.2% on time · 210 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 120 84.5% 3.33% 61 min
February 118 86.3% 0.85% 68 min
March 156 85.3% 0% 74 min
April 150 82% 0% 42 min
May 104 70.2% 0% 42 min
June 104 67.3% 0% 59 min
July 210 63.2% 0% 59 min
August 182 79.3% 0.55% 67 min
September 143 86% 0% 78 min
October 181 91.2% 0% 55 min
November 150 85.3% 0% 37 min
December 148 87.2% 0% 52 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.