Historical on-time performance
Houston to Sarasota
789 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on HOU–SRQ arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 123 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time76%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.0%Flights123
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline43%
- Weather7%
- Air traffic (NAS)14%
- Late aircraft37%
- 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 → SRQ
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 — 78% on time.
- Middays78% on time · p90 25 min · 384 flights
- Evenings68% on time · p90 75 min · 120 flights · limited
- Afternoons66% on time · p90 65 min · 151 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 68% to 78% on time.
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 87 flights · limited
- Mondays77% on time · p90 45 min · 104 flights · limited
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 104 flights · limited
- Tuesdays74% on time · p90 35 min · 102 flights · limited
- Fridays73% on time · p90 25 min · 108 flights · limited
- Sundays73% on time · p90 45 min · 122 flights · limited
- Wednesdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 100 flights · limited
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