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Airport month · November 2023

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston in November 2023

87.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 9,019 domestic departures from George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (IAH). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so IAH departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at IAH that month were on time 86.8% of the time (9,024 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from IAH in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2023Year earlierIAH, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time87.2%—78.1%86.0%
Arrived on time86.3%—77.6%86.2%
Cancelled0.0%—1.1%0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.9 min—17.2 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day301—32618,793
Scheduled departures9,019—119,020563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines5,36259%87.4%-2.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines99811%85.8%1.3 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines6627%75.5%11.5 min0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines6397%94.2%-8.2 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines4945%89.9%-3.1 min0.4%
AA American Airlines4265%83.8%5.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air1542%81.2%8.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines1392%78.4%2.2 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines711%78.9%-2.3 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways681%61.8%39.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline60%100.0%-13.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IAH–LAXHouston to Los Angeles40988.3%-3.4 min0.0%
IAH–DENHouston to Denver38590.4%-3.0 min0.0%
IAH–DFWHouston to Dallas/Fort Worth37374.5%7.1 min0.0%
IAH–LASHouston to Las Vegas36385.1%0.2 min0.0%
IAH–ORDHouston to Chicago36090.0%-4.0 min0.0%
IAH–MCOHouston to Orlando35783.8%1.0 min0.0%
IAH–EWRHouston to Newark32688.7%-3.3 min0.0%
IAH–ATLHouston to Atlanta31388.5%-1.3 min0.3%
IAH–MIAHouston to Miami26484.5%8.0 min0.0%
IAH–LGAHouston to New York25786.0%-2.7 min0.0%
IAH–SFOHouston to San Francisco25792.2%-10.6 min0.0%
IAH–PHXHouston to Phoenix22388.3%-3.3 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2023Minutes
Air carrier42.6%42.5%29,463
Late-arriving aircraft36.2%37.3%25,028
National Aviation System19.6%16.2%13,524
Extreme weather1.5%3.7%1,064
Security0.1%0.3%44
69,123 delay minutes on 1,228 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left IAH on time in November 2023?

87.2% of 9,019 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 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 November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for IAH · methodology · corrections.