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United Airlines SFO to IAH on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
9 min
52 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 1
route average 84% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on SFO to IAH arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.3% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 1 airlines on this route, which averaged 84% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (42%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 82.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 79.1% on time, 0.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 92.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 90.1% on time, 0.3% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.8% on time, 0.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 85.7% on time, 1.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 87.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 87.3% on time, 1.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 88.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 81.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.9% 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

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SFO to IAH

3,598 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 7 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.