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United Airlines SAT to IAH on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
60 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 82% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on SAT to IAH arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.6% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (49%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 76.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 78.7% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.5% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 83.8% on time, 1.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 87.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 91.6% on time, 0.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 90.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 79.8% on time, 2.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 80.4% 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

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion49%
  • Late-arriving aircraft27%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SAT to IAH

2,300 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 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.