Historical on-time performance
Indianapolis to Houston
845 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on IND–IAH arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights
based on 750 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- United AirlinesOn-time79%Medianon timep9040 minCancel1.3%Flights750
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)35%
- Late aircraft33%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly IND → IAH
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 70% to 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,090 flights
- Middays84% on time · p90 20 min · 297 flights
- Afternoons72% on time · p90 40 min · 282 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 768 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 83% on time.
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 367 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 40 min · 364 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 357 flights
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 312 flights
- Mondays78% on time · p90 30 min · 359 flights
- Sundays75% on time · p90 40 min · 316 flights
- Thursdays74% on time · p90 35 min · 362 flights
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