Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 1229 · Detroit (DTW) → Houston (IAH)
Sold by United. Still flying: 34 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time97%within 15 minutes, of 34 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late0%of flights that operated
When late, on average16 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Houston is 1 h behind Detroit).
- Leaves DTW
- 06:15
- Arrives IAH
- 08:11
- Flight time
- 2h 56m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 34 of 56
Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.
How late it arrives
Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.
Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.
Its hour at DTW
All flights leaving Detroit (DTW) at 6–7 am, wherever they’re going: 90% left within 15 minutes and 3.3% were cancelled (5,114 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.