Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Houston
1,034 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–IAH arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights
based on 1,698 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- United AirlinesbestOn-time84%Medianon timep9020 minCancel1.5%Flights393
- Delta Air LinesOn-time73%Medianon timep9060 minCancel0.8%Flights1,305
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline58%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft19%
- 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 MSP → IAH
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 — 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,064 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,138 flights
- Overnights73% on time · p90 70 min · 587 flights
- Afternoons73% on time · p90 55 min · 1,240 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 70 min · 562 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 80% on time.
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 643 flights
- Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 843 flights
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 835 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 827 flights
- Sundays78% on time · p90 40 min · 771 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 844 flights
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 828 flights
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