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Put two to four airports side by side: the same metrics, from the same source, each measured over its own real reporting period.

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Two to four airports, by three-letter code, e.g. ATL.

IAH vs HOU

Each column is that side's own numbers, over that side's own real reporting period.

HOU is clearly ahead on 3 of 4 rates, IAH on 1.

IAH and HOU compared
MetricIAHHOU
On-time arrival77.4%78.8% (better)
Cancellation rate1.46%1.05% (better)
Severe delay (60+ min)8.8%6.0% (better)
Average arrival delay10 min6 min (better)
Median arrival delay-6 min (better)-5 min
Departure on-time77.4% (better)75.6%
Flights analyzed359,450172,224

A check mark and green mark the better figure in a row (higher for on-time rates, lower for delays and cancellations) when the gap is larger than chance would produce: a two-proportion test on each side’s flight count, at about 95% confidence. “Too close to call” rows differ by less than that. Average and median delay carry no sample-error estimate here, so they are marked by the printed figure alone.

IAH (Houston): July 2023 – July 2026 · HOU (Houston): July 2023 – July 2026

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · Two entities can cover different real windows of history — a newer carrier, a discontinued route, an airport that only recently cleared the sample floor. The period above is what each side actually has, not a shared assumption.

Month by month

On-time arrival for each month, on one shared calendar, so a steady gap looks different from one bad season.

  • IAH
  • HOU
50%60%70%80%90%100%202420252026IAH 72%HOU 69%
In the 37 months both IAH and HOU have a figure, IAH was ahead in 10, HOU in 27. A month is drawn only when it has at least 120 flights, and a line is broken, not joined, where a month is missing.
Show the monthly figures
Monthly on-time arrival, most recent first
MonthIAHHOU
July 202672.2% (10,244 flights)69.3% (4,773 flights)
June 202669.9% (9,903 flights)63.6% (4,514 flights)
May 202677.1% (10,105 flights)71.9% (4,533 flights)
April 202680.4% (10,022 flights)75.8% (4,418 flights)
March 202676.4% (10,492 flights)67.5% (4,578 flights)
February 202685.6% (8,976 flights)84.2% (3,832 flights)
January 202685.7% (9,656 flights)88.0% (4,081 flights)
December 202579.4% (9,971 flights)82.0% (4,634 flights)
November 202578.2% (10,022 flights)80.1% (4,552 flights)
October 202580.7% (10,246 flights)78.0% (4,887 flights)
September 202585.6% (9,493 flights)86.1% (4,452 flights)
August 202574.1% (9,889 flights)78.2% (4,640 flights)
July 202568.8% (10,311 flights)70.7% (5,093 flights)
June 202565.2% (10,009 flights)67.9% (4,932 flights)
May 202573.1% (10,237 flights)76.6% (4,742 flights)
April 202580.5% (9,510 flights)79.4% (4,624 flights)
March 202579.5% (9,849 flights)82.4% (4,694 flights)
February 202581.0% (8,470 flights)84.5% (3,883 flights)
January 202581.3% (9,249 flights)86.8% (4,122 flights)
December 202476.9% (9,572 flights)78.4% (4,633 flights)
November 202484.1% (9,576 flights)87.7% (4,521 flights)
October 202486.3% (10,228 flights)87.1% (4,885 flights)
September 202483.9% (9,502 flights)89.5% (4,407 flights)
August 202475.9% (10,284 flights)85.4% (4,702 flights)
July 202457.7% (10,383 flights)66.2% (5,229 flights)
June 202467.9% (10,028 flights)72.9% (5,075 flights)
May 202460.9% (10,125 flights)66.4% (5,010 flights)
April 202477.7% (9,288 flights)80.9% (4,857 flights)
March 202477.5% (9,557 flights)81.3% (4,935 flights)
February 202484.7% (8,464 flights)87.0% (4,199 flights)
January 202474.7% (8,932 flights)75.9% (4,605 flights)
December 202385.1% (9,076 flights)84.5% (5,076 flights)
November 202386.4% (9,019 flights)87.4% (4,887 flights)
October 202382.7% (9,918 flights)81.5% (5,159 flights)
September 202379.5% (9,283 flights)80.5% (4,504 flights)
August 202380.6% (9,786 flights)84.2% (4,717 flights)
July 202371.6% (9,775 flights)74.6% (4,839 flights)

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · Monthly figures are on-time arrival for the flights scheduled that month, from the same monthly aggregates that feed each page’s own trend chart.