Historical on-time performance
Houston to Burbank
1,389 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on HOU–BUR arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 185 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.0%Flights185
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline44%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)7%
- Late aircraft44%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly HOU → BUR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 259 flights
- Middays77% on time · p90 50 min · 297 flights
- Afternoons69% on time · p90 45 min · 134 flights · limited
- Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 58 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 84% on time.
- Tuesdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 98 flights · limited
- Fridays80% on time · p90 30 min · 112 flights · limited
- Thursdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 110 flights · limited
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 99 flights · limited
- Mondays74% on time · p90 35 min · 111 flights · limited
- Sundays74% on time · p90 30 min · 122 flights · limited
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 75 min · 96 flights · limited
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