OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

Houston

Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate76%flights departing here that arrived on time
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 departures is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time74%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 54,632 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

77%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time77%
  • 15–59 min late16%
  • 1–2 hr late4%
  • 2 hr+ late2%
  • Cancelled or diverted1%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 35 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights1,436
  • Envoy Air
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights1,103
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights48,481
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel5.8%
    Flights607
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel5.9%
    Flights254

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When it gets busy

Busiest times at HOU

Historically, departures at HOU peak 5–10 a.m. — 27% of scheduled flights leave in that block.

  • 5–10 a.m.27%
  • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.22%
  • 2–5 p.m.17%
  • 5–8 p.m.16%
  • 8 p.m.–midnight17%

Share of 167,453 scheduled departures by planned departure time, 2023-06 .. 2026-05. Historical averages from BTS data — not live airport status.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline24%
  • Weather53%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 502 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Where flights go

Busiest routes

HOU → DAL→HOU → MSY→HOU → ATL→HOU → DFW→HOU → SAT→HOU → AUS→HOU → HRL→HOU → MDW→HOU → PHX→HOU → BNA→

Side by side

Compare this airport

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.