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Airport month · October 2024
William P Hobby in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,885 domestic departures from William P Hobby (HOU). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so HOU departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 5,159 departures with 78.4% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at HOU that month were on time 85.0% of the time (4,885 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 86.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | HOU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.2% | 78.4% | 72.7% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 86.3% | 80.6% | 76.0% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.3 min | 11.7 min | 15.0 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 163 | 172 | 148 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,885 | 5,159 | 53,894 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,467 | 91% | 86.6% | -5.0 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 146 | 3% | 87.0% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 123 | 3% | 82.9% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 107 | 2% | 81.3% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 25 | 1% | 80.0% | 30.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 17 | 0% | 47.1% | 65.4 min | 5.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU–DAL | Houston to Dallas | 366 | 86.1% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–ATL | Houston to Atlanta | 277 | 87.7% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–DFW | Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 230 | 82.2% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–DEN | Houston to Denver | 212 | 81.6% | -1.8 min | 0.5% |
| HOU–MSY | Houston to New Orleans | 201 | 86.6% | -6.3 min | 0.5% |
| HOU–PHX | Houston to Phoenix | 191 | 90.6% | -9.1 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–LAS | Houston to Las Vegas | 183 | 90.2% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MCO | Houston to Orlando | 173 | 81.5% | -7.4 min | 6.9% |
| HOU–BNA | Houston to Nashville | 153 | 88.9% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MDW | Houston to Chicago | 145 | 84.8% | -2.2 min | 0.7% |
| HOU–STL | Houston to St. Louis | 135 | 94.1% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–SAT | Houston to San Antonio | 130 | 86.2% | -8.3 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left HOU on time in October 2024?
83.2% of 4,885 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 78.4% of 5,159 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.9% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.