Historical on-time performance
Houston to Palm Springs
1,269 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on IAH–PSP arrive on time 89% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate89%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 62 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.
- United AirlinesOn-time87%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.0%Flights30
- SkyWest AirlinesOn-time91%Medianon timep905 minCancel0.0%Flights32
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline56%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)43%
- Late aircraft1%
- 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 → PSP
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 84% on time.
- Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 393 flights
- Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 224 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 87% on time.
- Saturdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 89 flights · limited
- Thursdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 94 flights · limited
- Mondays80% on time · p90 35 min · 89 flights · limited
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 25 min · 78 flights · limited
- Sundays77% on time · p90 60 min · 99 flights · limited
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 83 flights · limited
- Fridays74% on time · p90 40 min · 89 flights · limited
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