Best time to fly Raleigh/Durham to Minneapolis

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

Best month

October

94.8% on time · 116 flights

Worst month

December

65.9% on time · 91 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 74 76.5% 8.11% 118 min
February 78 82.1% 0% 93 min
March 89 77.9% 3.37% 107 min
April 104 90.4% 0% 55 min
May 118 89.7% 1.69% 47 min
June 113 84.1% 0% 48 min
July 119 70.3% 0.84% 59 min
August 115 87.8% 0% 53 min
September 107 89.7% 0% 105 min
October 116 94.8% 0% 39 min
November 106 92.4% 0.94% 48 min
December 91 65.9% 3.3% 77 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.