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United Airlines IAH to BOS on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
17 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on IAH to BOS arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (52%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 75.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 76.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 62.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 59.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 88.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 86.8% on time, 5.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 94.4% on time, 9.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 74.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.8% on time, 0.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion52%
  • Late-arriving aircraft30%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)13%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on IAH to BOS

1,559 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 17 cancelled, 0 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.