Historical on-time performance
Raleigh-durham to Houston
1,050 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on RDU–HOU arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights
based on 253 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time84%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.4%Flights253
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline25%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)5%
- Late aircraft70%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly RDU → HOU
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 74% to 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 5 min · 92 flights · limited
- Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 259 flights
- Evenings78% on time · p90 35 min · 251 flights
- Afternoons74% on time · p90 50 min · 192 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 87% on time.
- Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 99 flights · limited
- Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 112 flights · limited
- Wednesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 99 flights · limited
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 118 flights · limited
- Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 147 flights · limited
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 25 min · 113 flights · limited
- Fridays78% on time · p90 40 min · 113 flights · limited
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