On-Time Report

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Airport month · June 2025

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston in June 2025

64.2%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 June 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 10,009 domestic departures from George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (IAH). 64.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.3% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 71.4% of flights departed on time and 70.3% arrived on time, so IAH departures were 7.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, the airport had 10,028 departures with 67.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at IAH that month were on time 66.7% of the time (10,001 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 16%.

Every scheduled departure from IAH in June 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

June 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJun 2025Jun 2024IAH, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2025
Departed on time64.2%67.8%78.1%71.4%
Arrived on time63.3%66.7%77.6%70.3%
Cancelled2.3%1.3%1.1%1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)32.9 min26.6 min17.2 min22.1 min
Scheduled departures a day33433432620,386
Scheduled departures10,00910,028119,020611,575

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines5,97160%63.9%23.2 min1.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines1,36414%59.3%35.0 min3.9%
DL Delta Air Lines6897%67.9%23.7 min2.0%
AA American Airlines6577%67.9%36.1 min2.7%
NK Spirit Airlines6466%66.9%17.0 min2.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines3233%47.4%51.7 min3.1%
MQ Envoy Air1682%60.7%29.8 min5.4%
AS Alaska Airlines1201%64.2%22.0 min3.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways611%45.9%39.6 min3.3%
YX Republic Airline80%75.0%12.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines20%50.0%-24.0 min50.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IAH–ORDHouston to Chicago50866.3%20.6 min1.8%
IAH–DFWHouston to Dallas/Fort Worth45858.5%38.1 min4.4%
IAH–LAXHouston to Los Angeles43170.5%17.8 min1.6%
IAH–ATLHouston to Atlanta39061.0%32.9 min3.1%
IAH–DENHouston to Denver39069.2%18.2 min1.0%
IAH–LGAHouston to New York36157.3%28.3 min2.2%
IAH–MIAHouston to Miami30570.8%14.7 min2.3%
IAH–MCOHouston to Orlando29762.0%30.0 min1.3%
IAH–SFOHouston to San Francisco29563.1%24.3 min1.0%
IAH–LASHouston to Las Vegas28967.5%21.9 min1.4%
IAH–EWRHouston to Newark26463.6%27.1 min0.0%
IAH–MSYHouston to New Orleans24163.5%22.1 min2.9%

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), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2025Minutes
Air carrier27.4%31.6%84,469
Late-arriving aircraft41.6%40.6%128,163
National Aviation System16.2%20.9%49,874
Extreme weather14.7%6.9%45,281
Security0.0%0.2%101
307,888 delay minutes on 3,383 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 June 2025?

64.2% of 10,009 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 71.4% and 70.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024, 67.8% of 10,028 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 64.2% and 2.3% in June 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for June 2025; 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.