Best time to fly Raleigh/Durham to Newark

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

Best month

January

83.3% on time · 301 flights

Worst month

July

60.8% on time · 361 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 301 83.3% 4.65% 67 min
February 292 80.4% 5.48% 72 min
March 324 73.1% 1.23% 64 min
April 326 78.9% 2.45% 102 min
May 330 72.3% 4.85% 108 min
June 316 71.6% 4.11% 128 min
July 361 60.8% 8.59% 123 min
August 355 68.5% 6.76% 90 min
September 347 82% 0.58% 79 min
October 403 72.1% 0.25% 77 min
November 436 64.8% 1.61% 97 min
December 404 65% 2.48% 76 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.