Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
UA 251 · Houston (IAH) → Tampa (TPA)
Sold by United. Still flying: 16 of the last 56 days.
Arrives on time73%within 15 minutes, of 30 flights
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late17%of flights that operated
When late, on average89 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Tampa is 1 h ahead of Houston).
- Leaves IAH
- 14:34
- Arrives TPA
- 17:55
- Flight time
- 2h 21m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 16 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 IAH
All flights leaving Houston (IAH) at 2–3 pm, wherever they’re going: 81% left within 15 minutes and 0.9% were cancelled (17,996 flights in the year). Other United flights on this route →
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