Best time to fly Seattle to Raleigh/Durham

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

Best month

March

89.4% on time · 133 flights

Worst month

July

68.3% on time · 186 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 125 89.3% 3.2% 60 min
February 108 86.9% 0.93% 37 min
March 133 89.4% 0.75% 63 min
April 150 82.7% 0% 51 min
May 186 77.4% 0% 37 min
June 180 78.9% 0% 36 min
July 186 68.3% 1.61% 44 min
August 181 70.8% 1.1% 35 min
September 166 77.6% 0% 34 min
October 126 84.9% 0% 37 min
November 125 85.5% 0% 45 min
December 149 77.7% 0.67% 46 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.