OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Miami to Houston

955 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MIA–HOU arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.4%of scheduled flights

based on 139 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights139

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline20%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)31%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline50%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 2 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 MIA → HOU

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 — 90% on time.

  • Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 561 flights
  • Afternoons74% on time · p90 50 min · 109 flights · limited
  • Middays67% on time · p90 55 min · 342 flights
  • Evenings59% on time · p90 95 min · 625 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 79% on time.

  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 50 min · 211 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 213 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 60 min · 249 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 244 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 257 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 252 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 60 min · 239 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.