Best time to fly Tucson to Chicago

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

Best month

February

87.5% on time · 80 flights

Worst month

September

68.3% on time · 60 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 84 79.5% 1.19% 108 min
February 80 87.5% 0% 90 min
March 93 75.6% 2.15% 103 min
April 114 72.7% 1.75% 54 min
May 113 78.2% 0.88% 87 min
June 90 79.3% 1.11% 99 min
July 92 71.6% 4.35% 133 min
August 67 68.8% 1.49% 58 min
September 60 68.3% 0% 117 min
October 68 73.1% 0% 134 min
November 90 73.3% 3.33% 74 min
December 88 79.3% 1.14% 95 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.