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SEA → IAH

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
84.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
67 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,071
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 48%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 31%
  • Air traffic control & airport 20%
  • 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 89.4% 198
October 2025 82.3% 176
November 2025 81.8% 148
December 2025 75.0% 168
January 2026 84.2% 134
February 2026 93.8% 112
March 2026 80.9% 144
April 2026 86.7% 150
May 2026 85.2% 184
June 2026 85.1% 217
July 2026 81.7% 231
August 2026 84.1% 209

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 1,230 87.9% 0.2% 84 min
Alaska Airlines 841 78.2% 0.5% 54 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA2135

    7% late · 364 flights

  • AS438

    29% late · 363 flights

  • AS398

    16% late · 344 flights

  • UA2379

    16% late · 227 flights

  • UA1660

    17% late · 90 flights

  • UA2293

    11% late · 81 flights

  • UA2340

    21% late · 80 flights

  • UA2748

    11% late · 71 flights

  • UA1005

    9% late · 54 flights

  • AS1573

    27% late · 37 flights

  • UA1293

    8% late · 37 flights

  • UA1475

    19% late · 37 flights

  • AS1579

    12% late · 33 flights

  • UA2693

    12% late · 32 flights

  • UA2860

    6% late · 32 flights

  • UA485

    8% late · 24 flights

  • UA1928

    22% late · 23 flights

  • AS452

    14% late · 22 flights

  • UA1647

    19% late · 21 flights

  • UA1752

    10% late · 21 flights

  • AS465

    0% late · 20 flights

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