Flight profile · United Airlines

UA1179

Houston (IAH) to Austin (AUS) · scheduled 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM

FlyerIntel does not track flights in the air. This page describes how UA1179 has historically performed, which is a different and more useful question when you are deciding what to book. For today’s status, check with United Airlines.

How UA1179 performs

820 operations, 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
81.2%
656 of 808 completed
Cancellation rate
1.46%
12 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-6 min
Average 6.4 min
Severe delays
7.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
67 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
77.8%
Left the gate on time

UA1179 arrived on time 81.2% of the time, against 76.6% for all IAHAUS flights — this specific departure is 4.6 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.8 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 820 operations between 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA117981.2%1.46%-6 min7.5%820
United Airlines on IAHAUS76.4%1.24%-3 min8.8%7,006
All IAHAUS flights76.6%1.21%-3 min8.9%7,300

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does UA1179 run worse on particular days?

Monday82.0%
Tuesday
Wednesday80.3%
Thursday79.1%
Friday83.1%
Saturday
Sunday76.2%

Friday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 6.9 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-09-05 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Other routes UA1179 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
MCOIAH Orlando to Houston2026-02-122026-03-2845
CHSIAH Charleston to Houston2025-03-062026-02-1144
PITIAH Pittsburgh to Houston2025-12-182026-01-0517
SFOPIT San Francisco to Pittsburgh2025-12-272026-01-053
PHXIAH Phoenix to Houston2023-11-282025-12-1716484.6%
SNAIAH Santa Ana to Houston2023-10-012025-12-0110185.0%
SANIAH San Diego to Houston2024-05-232025-09-2218676.4%
SFOSAN San Francisco to San Diego2025-05-012025-05-2121
SEAIAH Seattle to Houston2025-03-302025-04-3032
DCAIAH Washington to Houston2024-12-192025-01-0619
SFOIAH San Francisco to Houston2024-06-272024-08-1853
SFOPHX San Francisco to Phoenix2024-01-012024-05-0139
MCIIAH Kansas City to Houston2024-03-072024-03-3024
PHLIAH Philadelphia to Houston2023-10-292024-03-0645
MSPIAH Minneapolis to Houston2024-02-172024-02-171
LASIAH Las Vegas to Houston2023-07-012023-09-0466

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1179 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 820 records of UA1179 operating IAHAUS, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

Full methodology · Report a problem