OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Houston to Denver

862 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on IAH–DEN arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 4,632 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.

  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights778
  • United Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights3,854

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather7%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline29%
  • Weather71%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 14 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly IAH → DEN

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 4,733 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 3,063 flights
  • Overnights73% on time · p90 55 min · 2,728 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 70 min · 2,419 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 80 min · 1,585 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 2,038 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 2,031 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 2,039 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 50 min · 2,098 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 2,107 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 2,098 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 40 min · 2,117 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.