Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to Houston
1,214 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–HOU arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 409 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time82%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.2%Flights409
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline32%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft47%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline0%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)100%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 1 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 SLC → 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 — 92% on time.
- Mornings92% on time · p90 5 min · 303 flights
- Middays78% on time · p90 30 min · 531 flights
- Afternoons74% on time · p90 30 min · 359 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 85% on time.
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 156 flights · limited
- Sundays83% on time · p90 20 min · 206 flights
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 206 flights
- Thursdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 157 flights · limited
- Fridays79% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 156 flights · limited
- Mondays76% on time · p90 35 min · 156 flights · limited
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