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ATL → IAH

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
76.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.8%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
73 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,965
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 39%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 36%
  • Air traffic control & airport 22%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 86.2% 384
October 2025 78.9% 439
November 2025 81.7% 402
December 2025 73.1% 369
January 2026 78.0% 394
February 2026 85.9% 384
March 2026 74.9% 439
April 2026 80.5% 469
May 2026 68.9% 444
June 2026 71.6% 396
July 2026 65.6% 426
August 2026 77.9% 419

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 2,543 76.0% 2.0% 62 min
United Airlines 1,281 85.3% 0.7% 79 min
Frontier Airlines 827 69.5% 1.6% 91 min
NK 308 67.9% 5.5% 84 min
SkyWest Airlines 6 83.3% 0.0% 46 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL1601

    25% late · 365 flights

  • DL1284

    28% late · 356 flights

  • DL1682

    15% late · 348 flights

  • F94075

    39% late · 336 flights

  • DL1585

    18% late · 334 flights

  • F91403

    25% late · 331 flights

  • UA532

    11% late · 237 flights

  • DL1131

    39% late · 205 flights

  • DL1572

    14% late · 200 flights

  • UA425

    12% late · 188 flights

  • DL1223

    31% late · 183 flights

  • DL2890

    30% late · 179 flights

  • F92399

    24% late · 158 flights

  • DL2709

    16% late · 146 flights

  • UA470

    19% late · 135 flights

  • UA222

    6% late · 130 flights

  • UA1057

    12% late · 126 flights

  • DL2113

    31% late · 102 flights

  • UA521

    17% late · 88 flights

  • NK1155

    50% late · 85 flights

  • UA2376

    36% late · 73 flights

  • UA1359

    17% late · 66 flights

  • NK3247

    24% late · 59 flights

  • NK2070

    29% late · 50 flights

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