OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston

224 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–IAH arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.0%of scheduled flights

based on 5,728 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights885
  • United Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights2,389
  • American Airlines
    On-time58%
    Median5 min
    p9095 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights2,454

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft42%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather73%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 169 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DFW → IAH

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 78% on time.

  • Mornings78% on time · p90 30 min · 4,525 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 50 min · 2,887 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 75 min · 3,739 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 85 min · 2,136 flights
  • Evenings59% on time · p90 105 min · 3,132 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 74% on time.

  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 2,270 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 2,344 flights
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 75 min · 2,173 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 75 min · 2,416 flights
  • Fridays68% on time · p90 65 min · 2,420 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 2,424 flights
  • Sundays66% on time · p90 75 min · 2,372 flights

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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.