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9,057 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 65%.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 92% arrive on time from BWI, 92% arrive on time from IAD, 91% arrive on time from DCA
Best airport pair IAD → IAH 85% on time, fewest cancelled (0.4%), 1,873 flights
Best single flight UA 1450 DCA 06:00 → IAH 08:13 · 93% on time Avoid UA 1785 DCA 16:59 → IAH 19:27 · 66% 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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DCA
93
91
93
87
88
83
70
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59
49
70
71
IAD
95
92
86
82
75
81
BWI
94
86
93
77
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85
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71
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58
46
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46
% 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 BWI 11 am–12 pm: 1Close ×
WN 757 BWI 11:00 HOU 13:15 3h 15m 16 100% 0.0% –

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 (incl. SkyWest, Mesa) 5,185 85% 0.8% 79 min
Southwest 2,521 77% 1.5% 57 min
Spirit BWI→IAH only 331 76% 2.4% 103 min
American (incl. PSA, Republic) DCA→IAH only 871 73% 5.5% 69 min
Frontier BWI→IAH only 149 – 6.0% 96 min

Dimmed: fewer than 150 flights in the year, too few to rank.

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 1450 DCA 06:00 IAH 08:13 93%
UA 1898 BWI 06:00 IAH 08:16 93%
UA 697 DCA 08:20 IAH 10:41 91%
UA 382 DCA 12:59 IAH 15:18 91%
UA 1524 IAD 08:40 IAH 10:59 89%
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UA 1381 DCA 14:55 IAH 17:14 78%
UA 2217 IAD 17:59 IAH 20:25 72%
UA 1785 DCA 16:59 IAH 19:27 66%
All 39 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 BWI IAH 3h 32m 85% 1.3% 906 Flying now
United IAD IAH 3h 25m 85% 0.4% 1,873 Flying now
United DCA IAH 3h 22m 84% 0.8% 2,406 Flying now
Southwest DCA HOU 3h 30m 77% 1.8% 1,053 Flying now
Southwest BWI HOU 3h 25m 77% 1.4% 1,468 Flying now
American DCA IAH 3h 37m 73% 5.5% 871 Flying now
Frontier BWI IAH 3h 28m 61% 6.0% 149 Flying now
Spirit BWI IAH 3h 33m 76% 2.4% 331 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