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EWR → IAH

Newark Liberty International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
80.2%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
81 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,714
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 35%
  • Air traffic control & airport 29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 29%
  • Extreme weather 7%
  • 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 87.5% 327
October 2025 73.1% 336
November 2025 81.4% 323
December 2025 77.6% 333
January 2026 82.0% 321
February 2026 82.6% 282
March 2026 80.0% 310
April 2026 85.7% 297
May 2026 81.3% 289
June 2026 80.0% 300
July 2026 76.8% 310
August 2026 74.8% 286

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
United Airlines 3,510 80.8% 1.6% 81 min
NK 204 69.0% 8.3% 92 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA2425

    28% late · 329 flights

  • UA492

    9% late · 327 flights

  • UA2438

    7% late · 245 flights

  • UA2674

    27% late · 225 flights

  • UA571

    21% late · 210 flights

  • UA332

    13% late · 200 flights

  • UA1590

    13% late · 185 flights

  • UA2690

    20% late · 159 flights

  • UA686

    13% late · 107 flights

  • UA2204

    15% late · 103 flights

  • UA2782

    37% late · 103 flights

  • UA2815

    31% late · 103 flights

  • UA556

    21% late · 103 flights

  • NK1257

    28% late · 83 flights

  • UA1991

    30% late · 83 flights

  • UA434

    21% late · 77 flights

  • UA1004

    19% late · 58 flights

  • UA2127

    31% late · 55 flights

  • NK689

    24% late · 50 flights

  • UA265

    36% late · 47 flights

  • UA2417

    11% late · 37 flights

  • UA2451

    14% late · 37 flights

  • UA317

    3% late · 37 flights

  • UA1233

    21% late · 36 flights

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