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PHL → IAH

Philadelphia International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
81.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
89 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,878
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 39%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
  • Air traffic control & airport 27%
  • Extreme weather 6%
  • 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 81.0% 137
October 2025 85.0% 161
November 2025 86.5% 150
December 2025 78.6% 157
January 2026 83.7% 145
February 2026 91.8% 127
March 2026 86.8% 147
April 2026 85.4% 159
May 2026 75.8% 166
June 2026 74.0% 187
July 2026 77.3% 169
August 2026 78.8% 173

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 954 85.7% 1.0% 92 min
American Airlines 724 78.1% 3.2% 90 min
OH 92 77.3% 2.2% 81 min
Frontier Airlines 72 67.6% 1.4% 65 min
Republic Airways 36 83.3% 0.0% 141 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA2038

    14% late · 190 flights

  • UA2474

    15% late · 148 flights

  • UA584

    4% late · 136 flights

  • AA1533

    20% late · 116 flights

  • UA2197

    11% late · 84 flights

  • AA678

    13% late · 79 flights

  • AA3021

    31% late · 75 flights

  • F92153

    32% late · 72 flights

  • AA1925

    19% late · 71 flights

  • AA1927

    21% late · 69 flights

  • AA889

    25% late · 61 flights

  • UA2430

    38% late · 56 flights

  • AA2153

    14% late · 44 flights

  • AA699

    34% late · 44 flights

  • UA2611

    8% late · 37 flights

  • UA1823

    9% late · 36 flights

  • UA2417

    3% late · 31 flights

  • AA2427

    21% late · 29 flights

  • AA3140

    24% late · 26 flights

  • OH5177

    28% late · 26 flights

  • UA2016

    16% late · 26 flights

  • OH5050

    8% late · 25 flights

  • UA589

    4% late · 24 flights

  • AA840

    17% late · 23 flights

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