OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Houston to Baltimore

1,235 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on IAH–BWI arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 1,116 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.

  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights423
  • United Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights693

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • 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 IAH → BWI

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 62% to 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 30 min · 1,031 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 55 min · 77 flights · limited
  • Middays79% on time · p90 45 min · 795 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 60 min · 1,376 flights
  • Overnights62% on time · p90 55 min · 74 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 82% on time.

  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 465 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 465 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 495 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 511 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 60 min · 411 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 50 min · 488 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 45 min · 518 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.