Historical on-time performance
Houston to Raleigh-durham
1,050 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on HOU–RDU arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 253 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.0%Flights253
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline32%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)20%
- Late aircraft43%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly HOU → RDU
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.
- Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 201 flights
- Afternoons66% on time · p90 50 min · 580 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 76% on time.
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 30 min · 118 flights · limited
- Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 112 flights · limited
- Sundays71% on time · p90 40 min · 147 flights · limited
- Fridays70% on time · p90 40 min · 113 flights · limited
- Tuesdays69% on time · p90 35 min · 99 flights · limited
- Thursdays68% on time · p90 50 min · 113 flights · limited
- Wednesdays68% on time · p90 55 min · 99 flights · limited
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