Best time to fly Tampa to Washington

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

Best month

January

81.8% on time · 390 flights

Worst month

July

61.1% on time · 331 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 390 81.8% 7.95% 59 min
February 367 67.6% 1.09% 79 min
March 408 67.9% 2.7% 92 min
April 355 78.7% 0.56% 78 min
May 353 74.3% 1.42% 84 min
June 351 74.3% 1.99% 103 min
July 331 61.1% 3.02% 94 min
August 326 72.3% 3.07% 85 min
September 318 76% 2.52% 63 min
October 320 79.4% 5.94% 56 min
November 367 80.2% 0.54% 70 min
December 391 72% 0.51% 75 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.