Best time to fly Knoxville to Chicago

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

Best month

September

80.5% on time · 398 flights

Worst month

December

63.7% on time · 281 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 239 72.8% 5.86% 103 min
February 218 75.5% 0.92% 70 min
March 275 67.2% 5.09% 116 min
April 289 79.5% 5.19% 54 min
May 316 79% 1.58% 81 min
June 433 70% 2.54% 105 min
July 421 70.2% 3.09% 109 min
August 398 73.6% 2.01% 100 min
September 398 80.5% 0.75% 66 min
October 471 79.2% 0% 83 min
November 310 75.1% 4.19% 93 min
December 281 63.7% 2.49% 119 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.