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Airport month · February 2025
William P Hobby in February 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,883 domestic departures from William P Hobby (HOU). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so HOU departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 4,199 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at HOU that month were on time 83.9% of the time (3,884 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 84.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | HOU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 86.5% | 72.7% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 84.1% | 86.8% | 76.0% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.3 min | 6.5 min | 15.0 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 129 | 140 | 148 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,883 | 4,199 | 53,894 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,588 | 92% | 84.6% | -0.7 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 112 | 3% | 79.5% | 2.6 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 97 | 2% | 79.4% | 6.1 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 49 | 1% | 73.5% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 17 | 0% | 76.5% | 61.5 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 12 | 0% | 75.0% | 15.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 8 | 0% | 87.5% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU–DAL | Houston to Dallas | 321 | 86.6% | -1.6 min | 0.3% |
| HOU–ATL | Houston to Atlanta | 211 | 81.0% | 3.8 min | 0.5% |
| HOU–DEN | Houston to Denver | 198 | 85.4% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MSY | Houston to New Orleans | 184 | 85.3% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–DFW | Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth | 173 | 77.5% | 5.2 min | 0.6% |
| HOU–PHX | Houston to Phoenix | 156 | 88.5% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–LAS | Houston to Las Vegas | 147 | 82.3% | -1.0 min | 0.7% |
| HOU–MCO | Houston to Orlando | 139 | 82.0% | 4.4 min | 0.7% |
| HOU–BNA | Houston to Nashville | 132 | 88.6% | -1.8 min | 0.8% |
| HOU–SAT | Houston to San Antonio | 116 | 86.2% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
| HOU–MDW | Houston to Chicago | 112 | 88.4% | -0.8 min | 1.8% |
| HOU–STL | Houston to St. Louis | 109 | 85.3% | 0.0 min | 1.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left HOU on time in February 2025?
82.0% of 3,883 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 86.5% of 4,199 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.4% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.