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Airport month · December 2024
William P Hobby in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,633 domestic departures from William P Hobby (HOU). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so HOU departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 5,076 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at HOU that month were on time 78.6% of the time (4,632 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 19% and extreme weather 16%.
- On time 77.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | HOU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.8% | 80.5% | 72.7% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 77.9% | 84.2% | 76.0% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.8 min | 10.0 min | 15.0 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 154 | 169 | 148 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,633 | 5,076 | 53,894 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,271 | 92% | 77.9% | 9.1 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 137 | 3% | 80.3% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 132 | 3% | 78.8% | 9.5 min | 3.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 51 | 1% | 60.8% | 25.5 min | 2.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 23 | 0% | 73.9% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 19 | 0% | 89.5% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU–DAL | Houston to Dallas | 327 | 76.1% | 15.0 min | 1.2% |
| HOU–ATL | Houston to Atlanta | 270 | 79.6% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–DEN | Houston to Denver | 238 | 83.6% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–PHX | Houston to Phoenix | 193 | 81.9% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MSY | Houston to New Orleans | 186 | 81.7% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–DFW | Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 183 | 73.8% | 14.0 min | 2.7% |
| HOU–LAS | Houston to Las Vegas | 174 | 83.9% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MCO | Houston to Orlando | 173 | 74.0% | 8.5 min | 0.6% |
| HOU–BNA | Houston to Nashville | 166 | 80.7% | 9.3 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MDW | Houston to Chicago | 140 | 75.7% | 12.5 min | 0.7% |
| HOU–STL | Houston to St. Louis | 135 | 81.5% | 2.8 min | 0.7% |
| HOU–BWI | Houston to Baltimore | 131 | 77.9% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left HOU on time in December 2024?
75.8% of 4,633 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 80.5% of 5,076 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 0.5% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.