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ORD → IAH

Chicago O'Hare International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
76.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
78 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,141
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 45%
  • Air traffic control & airport 24%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 24%
  • 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 84.2% 532
October 2025 78.7% 518
November 2025 77.5% 467
December 2025 73.5% 512
January 2026 79.1% 468
February 2026 86.1% 433
March 2026 72.8% 512
April 2026 70.5% 526
May 2026 74.3% 537
June 2026 69.7% 525
July 2026 76.4% 553
August 2026 71.7% 558

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 4,080 80.0% 0.7% 74 min
American Airlines 882 59.8% 3.1% 83 min
Envoy Air 349 74.6% 1.4% 66 min
Republic Airways 311 76.6% 2.3% 76 min
Frontier Airlines 276 78.6% 3.3% 107 min
NK 241 65.7% 4.6% 92 min
SkyWest Airlines 2 0.0% 0.0% 32 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • F93135

    21% late · 276 flights

  • AA3144

    47% late · 272 flights

  • UA1231

    9% late · 270 flights

  • UA2638

    14% late · 259 flights

  • UA2426

    28% late · 255 flights

  • UA2665

    26% late · 231 flights

  • UA714

    27% late · 201 flights

  • UA2657

    14% late · 185 flights

  • UA1475

    40% late · 159 flights

  • UA1448

    12% late · 156 flights

  • UA1373

    19% late · 109 flights

  • UA2095

    31% late · 109 flights

  • UA2483

    15% late · 108 flights

  • UA2813

    48% late · 103 flights

  • UA535

    18% late · 103 flights

  • NK1157

    43% late · 94 flights

  • UA1799

    10% late · 82 flights

  • UA1954

    20% late · 82 flights

  • UA2310

    10% late · 82 flights

  • AA1909

    38% late · 76 flights

  • AA1913

    52% late · 76 flights

  • AA1915

    33% late · 76 flights

  • UA1437

    21% late · 73 flights

  • UA2225

    19% late · 71 flights

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