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United Airlines DFW to IAH on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
42 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 69% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on DFW to IAH arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.7% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (39%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 72.0% on time, 4.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 67.1% on time, 1.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 73.1% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 67.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 74.5% on time, 6.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 91.4% on time, 7.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 93.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.4% on time, 2.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.7% on time, 0.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.5% on time, 2.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft39%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion34%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to IAH

Full DFW to IAH comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

2,453 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 42 cancelled, 6 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.