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8,072 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 93% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 2 in 3.

Best time to leave 5–6 am 95% arrive on time from IAH, 90% arrive on time from HOU
Best airport pair IAH → ORD 76% on time, 1.6% cancelled, 6,119 flights
Best single flight UA 1617 IAH 08:05 → ORD 11:01 · 92% on time Avoid UA 2135 IAH 17:09 → ORD 20:05 · 68% 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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IAH
95
93
93
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90
79
76
82
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79
88
73
75
68
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66
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75
HOU
92
96
87
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88
82
63
56
66
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71
% 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

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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 IAH→ORD only 4,048 79% 0.7% 71 min
Southwest HOU→MDW only 1,840 73% 1.1% 50 min
American (incl. Envoy, PSA, SkyWest, Republic) IAH→ORD only 1,537 71% 3.0% 102 min
Frontier 375 68% 3.5% 137 min
Spirit IAH→ORD only 272 64% 4.8% 72 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 1617 IAH 08:05 ORD 11:01 92%
UA 2182 IAH 07:24 ORD 10:20 89%
UA 2616 IAH 06:10 ORD 09:05 88%
UA 2124 IAH 09:35 ORD 12:29 86%
UA 2417 IAH 11:55 ORD 14:51 76%
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UA 1752 IAH 22:08 ORD 00:45 71%
UA 2197 IAH 18:44 ORD 21:40 69%
UA 2135 IAH 17:09 ORD 20:05 68%
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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 IAH ORD 2h 48m 79% 0.7% 4,048 Flying now
Southwest HOU MDW 2h 25m 73% 1.1% 1,840 Flying now
American IAH ORD 2h 48m 71% 3.0% 1,537 Flying now
Frontier IAH ORD 2h 50m 66% 4.2% 262 Flying now
Frontier IAH MDW 2h 37m 75% 1.8% 113 Not flying now
Spirit IAH ORD 2h 40m 64% 4.8% 272 Not flying now
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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