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Airport month · August 2024
William P Hobby in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,702 domestic departures from William P Hobby (HOU). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so HOU departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 4,717 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at HOU that month were on time 80.9% of the time (4,701 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 84.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | HOU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.4% | 80.4% | 72.7% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 84.6% | 83.3% | 76.0% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.6 min | 9.7 min | 15.0 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 157 | 157 | 148 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,702 | 4,717 | 53,894 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,279 | 91% | 84.3% | -2.7 min | 0.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 147 | 3% | 89.8% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 146 | 3% | 93.2% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 51 | 1% | 88.2% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 39 | 1% | 76.9% | 27.7 min | 2.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 25 | 1% | 68.0% | 58.1 min | 4.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 15 | 0% | 73.3% | 6.1 min | 6.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU–DAL | Houston to Dallas | 354 | 85.0% | -3.7 min | 0.8% |
| HOU–ATL | Houston to Atlanta | 272 | 87.1% | 4.3 min | 0.4% |
| HOU–DEN | Houston to Denver | 226 | 84.1% | -3.9 min | 0.4% |
| HOU–DFW | Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 213 | 88.3% | 0.7 min | 0.5% |
| HOU–MSY | Houston to New Orleans | 192 | 86.5% | -2.0 min | 0.5% |
| HOU–LAS | Houston to Las Vegas | 175 | 85.1% | -6.1 min | 0.6% |
| HOU–MDW | Houston to Chicago | 164 | 86.0% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–PHX | Houston to Phoenix | 164 | 90.2% | -9.9 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MCO | Houston to Orlando | 152 | 75.0% | 10.9 min | 2.6% |
| HOU–BNA | Houston to Nashville | 141 | 90.1% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–STL | Houston to St. Louis | 130 | 89.2% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–BWI | Houston to Baltimore | 127 | 73.2% | 8.0 min | 2.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left HOU on time in August 2024?
80.4% of 4,702 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 80.4% of 4,717 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 0.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.