On-Time Report

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Airport month · June 2026

George Bush Intercontinental/Houston in June 2026

70.3%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,903 domestic departures from George Bush Intercontinental/Houston (IAH). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so IAH departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 10,009 departures with 64.2% leaving on time: a change of +6.1 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at IAH that month were on time 73.6% of the time (9,902 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureJun 2026Jun 2025IAH, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time70.3%64.2%78.1%72.2%
Arrived on time69.1%63.3%77.6%72.8%
Cancelled0.7%2.3%1.1%1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.2 min32.9 min17.2 min20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day33033432620,253
Scheduled departures9,90310,009119,020607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines6,15262%69.6%14.8 min0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines1,27413%67.5%24.0 min0.7%
AA American Airlines7568%67.6%26.4 min2.8%
DL Delta Air Lines7147%75.1%11.2 min0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines5856%64.8%18.7 min2.7%
AS Alaska Airlines1171%80.3%10.5 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways1101%56.4%37.1 min0.9%
OH PSA Airlines891%62.9%67.3 min7.9%
MQ Envoy Air671%62.7%57.5 min6.0%
YX Republic Airline390%53.8%29.4 min10.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
IAH–ORDHouston to Chicago52567.0%21.9 min2.1%
IAH–DFWHouston to Dallas/Fort Worth46462.1%37.2 min3.7%
IAH–DENHouston to Denver43171.0%14.3 min0.2%
IAH–LAXHouston to Los Angeles39778.8%5.1 min0.3%
IAH–ATLHouston to Atlanta39667.9%14.9 min1.8%
IAH–LGAHouston to New York34069.1%14.5 min0.9%
IAH–EWRHouston to Newark30069.3%13.4 min0.0%
IAH–SFOHouston to San Francisco30057.0%19.6 min0.3%
IAH–DCAHouston to Washington28061.4%34.7 min2.5%
IAH–MIAHouston to Miami27774.0%10.0 min0.7%
IAH–LASHouston to Las Vegas26172.8%12.7 min1.5%
IAH–MCOHouston to Orlando25773.9%12.1 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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2026Minutes
Air carrier27.6%30.8%64,375
Late-arriving aircraft38.6%42.1%90,042
National Aviation System22.3%20.3%51,925
Extreme weather11.5%6.7%26,878
Security0.0%0.1%20
233,240 delay minutes on 2,950 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 2026?

70.3% of 9,903 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 64.2% of 10,009 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 70.3% and 0.7% in June 2026.

Provenance

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