William P Hobby in February 2024

86.5%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,199 domestic departures from William P Hobby (HOU). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so HOU departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HOU that month were on time 88.2% of the time (4,199 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from HOU in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	HOU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.5%	—	72.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.8%	—	76.0%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	0.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.5 min	—	15.0 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	140	—	148	17,307
Scheduled departures	4,199	—	53,894	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,891	93%	87.0%	-1.2 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	154	4%	85.1%	-1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	99	2%	91.9%	-8.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	26	1%	88.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	0%	58.8%	78.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	12	0%	33.3%	16.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HOU–DAL	Houston to Dallas	319	91.5%	-4.5 min	0.3%
HOU–DEN	Houston to Denver	223	83.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
HOU–ATL	Houston to Atlanta	219	90.4%	-4.0 min	0.0%
HOU–MSY	Houston to New Orleans	182	90.1%	-3.3 min	0.0%
HOU–DFW	Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth	166	81.3%	0.3 min	0.0%
HOU–MCO	Houston to Orlando	162	87.7%	-2.3 min	0.6%
HOU–PHX	Houston to Phoenix	149	83.9%	1.9 min	0.0%
HOU–SAT	Houston to San Antonio	141	90.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
HOU–LAS	Houston to Las Vegas	137	75.2%	7.6 min	1.5%
HOU–AUS	Houston to Austin	133	87.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
HOU–BNA	Houston to Nashville	133	91.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
HOU–MDW	Houston to Chicago	112	87.5%	-2.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.0%	35.9%	7,090
Late-arriving aircraft	34.5%	36.9%	7,197
National Aviation System	26.1%	21.7%	5,438
Extreme weather	4.9%	5.3%	1,016
Security	0.6%	0.3%	123

20,864 delay minutes on 545 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left HOU on time in February 2024?

86.5% of 4,199 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HOU · methodology · corrections.