Best time to fly Roanoke to Chicago

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

Best month

May

84.8% on time · 80 flights

Worst month

December

65.4% on time · 137 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 110 77.1% 4.55% 149 min
February 76 68.4% 0% 79 min
March 77 69.4% 6.49% 73 min
April 98 77.1% 1.02% 135 min
May 80 84.8% 1.25% 94 min
June 113 67.6% 1.77% 87 min
July 119 68.4% 1.68% 102 min
August 156 74.2% 2.56% 90 min
September 177 80.7% 0.56% 90 min
October 175 78.7% 0% 80 min
November 119 72.4% 2.52% 69 min
December 137 65.4% 5.11% 108 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.