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8,084 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 9 in 10 depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 63%.

Best time to leave 5–6 am 92% arrive on time from MDW, 92% arrive on time from ORD
Best airport pair ORD → IAH 77% on time, 1.5% cancelled, 6,114 flights
Best single flight UA 1231 ORD 07:35 → IAH 10:36 · 91% on time Avoid AA 3144 ORD 21:07 → IAH 23:51 · 53% on time

Time of day × airport

Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).

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94
92
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65
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59
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92
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63
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43
% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55
Houston flights leaving MDW 9–10 pm: 2Close ×
WN 2787 MDW 21:00 HOU 23:38 2h 38m 16 62% 0.0% 85 min
WN 954 MDW 21:40 HOU 00:12 2h 32m 34 42% 2.9% 75 min

Airlines on this route

Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.
United ORD→IAH only 4,040 81% 0.7% 69 min
Frontier 376 79% 3.2% 105 min
Southwest MDW→HOU only 1,857 75% 1.2% 49 min
American (incl. Envoy, PSA, SkyWest, Republic) ORD→IAH only 1,537 68% 2.6% 78 min
Spirit ORD→IAH only 274 66% 4.4% 95 min

Flights, best and worst

Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.
UA 1231 ORD 07:35 IAH 10:36 91%
UA 2638 ORD 10:25 IAH 13:23 87%
F9 3135 ORD 17:29 IAH 20:52 78%
UA 2665 ORD 21:40 IAH 00:34 76%
UA 714 ORD 16:05 IAH 19:10 74%
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AA 3144 ORD 21:07 IAH 23:51 53%
All 29 flights on this route →

Nonstops by airline and airport

Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.
United ORD IAH 3h 00m 81% 0.7% 4,040 Flying now
Frontier ORD IAH 3h 17m 78% 3.8% 263 Flying now
Southwest MDW HOU 2h 40m 75% 1.2% 1,857 Flying now
American ORD IAH 2h 56m 68% 2.6% 1,537 Flying now
Frontier MDW IAH 2h 52m 79% 1.8% 113 Not flying now
Spirit ORD IAH 2h 50m 66% 4.4% 274 Not flying now
Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON