George Bush Intercontinental/Houston in February 2026

84.5%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 8,976 domestic departures from George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (IAH). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so IAH departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 8,470 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at IAH that month were on time 87.3% of the time (8,973 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from IAH in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	IAH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	84.5%	79.7%	78.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.6%	80.6%	77.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.4%	1.1%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	16.2 min	17.2 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	299	282	326	17,168
Scheduled departures	8,976	8,470	119,020	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	5,734	64%	87.0%	-3.7 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,031	11%	81.8%	4.9 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	599	7%	85.5%	0.3 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	543	6%	84.5%	10.1 min	1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	430	5%	67.4%	14.4 min	5.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	343	4%	80.8%	0.7 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	102	1%	88.2%	-6.7 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	80	1%	77.5%	-0.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	73	1%	65.8%	11.6 min	5.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	24	0%	58.3%	20.0 min	8.3%
OH PSA Airlines	17	0%	58.8%	5.3 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
IAH–ORD	Houston to Chicago	435	84.6%	-0.4 min	0.5%
IAH–DFW	Houston to Dallas/Fort Worth	413	85.0%	7.3 min	0.5%
IAH–LAX	Houston to Los Angeles	398	85.4%	-7.3 min	0.0%
IAH–ATL	Houston to Atlanta	381	85.0%	0.3 min	0.5%
IAH–DEN	Houston to Denver	347	86.5%	1.1 min	0.0%
IAH–MCO	Houston to Orlando	318	87.4%	-3.9 min	0.9%
IAH–MIA	Houston to Miami	309	80.6%	-2.2 min	1.3%
IAH–LAS	Houston to Las Vegas	291	89.7%	-10.3 min	1.4%
IAH–EWR	Houston to Newark	281	74.4%	7.3 min	6.8%
IAH–SFO	Houston to San Francisco	277	85.2%	-3.9 min	0.4%
IAH–DCA	Houston to Washington	259	75.3%	5.1 min	1.9%
IAH–FLL	Houston to Fort Lauderdale	248	84.3%	-1.0 min	1.2%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.1%	38.2%	37,357
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	37.2%	26,392
National Aviation System	20.6%	18.5%	17,897
Extreme weather	5.8%	6.0%	5,003
Security	0.0%	0.2%	31

86,680 delay minutes on 1,279 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left IAH on time in February 2026?

84.5% of 8,976 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.7% of 8,470 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 1.1% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.