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Delta Air Lines ATL to IAH on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Houston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
49 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
56 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to IAH arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (45%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 64.9% on time, 1.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.2% on time, 0.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 88.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.0% on time, 0.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 83.4% on time, 2.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.6% on time, 5.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.7% on time, 6.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 77.4% on time, 6.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.7% on time, 0.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 66.0% on time, 0.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.2% on time, 1.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.8% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)45%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
  • Late-arriving aircraft24%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on ATL to IAH

Full ATL to IAH comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

2,521 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 49 cancelled, 5 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.