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United Airlines BOS to IAH on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Boston to Houston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
22 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on BOS to IAH arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 80.4% on time, 1.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 88.6% on time, 1.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 74.2% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 84.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 90.1% on time, 6.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 92.1% on time, 9.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 90.5% on time, 0.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 90.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 81.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.7% on time, 1.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft51%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BOS to IAH

1,561 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 22 cancelled, 2 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.