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MCI → IAH

Kansas City International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
87.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
78 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
529
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 60%
  • Air traffic control & airport 28%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 11%
  • Extreme weather 2%
  • 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 100.0% 30
October 2025 90.3% 31
November 2025 84.4% 33
December 2025 83.9% 31
January 2026 88.9% 36
February 2026 95.7% 46
March 2026 91.2% 34
April 2026 83.9% 31
May 2026 74.2% 62
June 2026 78.7% 63
July 2026 93.4% 61
August 2026 94.4% 71

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 523 88.1% 0.6% 79 min
SkyWest Airlines 6 66.7% 0.0% 52 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA740

    8% late · 142 flights

  • UA2228

    15% late · 82 flights

  • UA1488

    14% late · 37 flights

  • UA2345

    14% late · 37 flights

  • UA2480

    10% late · 31 flights

  • UA1651

    7% late · 30 flights

  • UA2779

    32% late · 24 flights

  • UA799

    0% late · 24 flights

  • UA305

    5% late · 21 flights

  • UA594

    5% late · 21 flights

  • UA2159

    25% late · 20 flights

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