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United Airlines RDU to IAH on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Raleigh/Durham to Houston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
88%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
79 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 85% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on RDU to IAH arrived on time 88% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.9% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (43%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 62.5% on time, 1.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 94.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 88.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 79.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 87.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 98.1% on time, 5.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 92.6% on time, 1.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 84.7% on time, 1.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 91.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 90.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 84.6% on time, 1.9% 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 congestion43%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
  • Late-arriving aircraft20%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on RDU to IAH

696 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 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.