Historical on-time performance
Houston to Baton Rouge
253 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on IAH–BTR arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights
based on 341 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9045 minCancel1.5%Flights341
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline47%
- Weather15%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft30%
- 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 IAH → BTR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 86% on time.
- Overnights86% on time · p90 45 min · 63 flights · limited
- Afternoons78% on time · p90 50 min · 252 flights
- Middays76% on time · p90 70 min · 423 flights
- Evenings73% on time · p90 50 min · 120 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 82% on time.
- Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 138 flights · limited
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 65 min · 122 flights · limited
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 50 min · 126 flights · limited
- Sundays78% on time · p90 70 min · 135 flights · limited
- Fridays76% on time · p90 55 min · 127 flights · limited
- Mondays73% on time · p90 75 min · 139 flights · limited
- Saturdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 104 flights · limited
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