Best time to fly Seattle to Philadelphia

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

Best month

February

88.8% on time · 91 flights

Worst month

July

60.2% on time · 246 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 105 82.2% 3.81% 96 min
February 91 88.8% 2.2% 45 min
March 148 86.3% 1.35% 54 min
April 196 87.8% 0% 39 min
May 251 75.2% 0% 50 min
June 289 78.2% 1.38% 59 min
July 246 60.2% 2.85% 51 min
August 260 60.2% 2.69% 58 min
September 212 71.1% 0% 51 min
October 200 80.8% 1% 44 min
November 161 85.6% 0% 39 min
December 179 78.1% 0.56% 48 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.