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UA1216

Houston (IAH) to Omaha (OMA) · scheduled 8:03 PM – 10:30 PM

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How UA1216 performs

470 operations, 2024-12-19 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
67.9%
313 of 461 completed
Cancellation rate
1.70%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
1 min
Average 17.3 min
Severe delays
11.7%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
67 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
69.0%
Left the gate on time

UA1216 arrived on time 67.9% of the time, against 72.9% for all IAHOMA flights — this specific departure is 5.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 470 operations between 2024-12-19 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA121667.9%1.70%1 min11.7%470
United Airlines on IAHOMA71.5%1.21%-1 min10.7%1,652
All IAHOMA flights72.9%1.15%-2 min10.3%1,911

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-12-19 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1216 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
MIAIAH Miami to Houston2025-10-262026-06-3024475.2%
IAHSAN Houston to San Diego2025-10-262025-12-0136
SMFIAH Sacramento to Houston2025-05-012025-10-2416373.8%
SATSFO San Antonio to San Francisco2025-10-052025-10-193
IAHPHL Houston to Philadelphia2025-09-282025-09-281
LAXIAH Los Angeles to Houston2024-10-272025-03-2961
DENICT Denver to Wichita2024-12-182024-12-181
IAHJAX Houston to Jacksonville2024-02-152024-12-1719163.2%
IAHGSP Houston to Greenville/Greer/Spartanburg2024-06-272024-12-0289
SFOIAH San Francisco to Houston2024-10-012024-10-2626
SLCIAH Salt Lake City to Houston2024-03-072024-08-1687
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2024-02-112024-02-111
ORDCHS Chicago to Charleston2024-01-142024-01-141
EWRMSP Newark to Minneapolis2023-12-212024-01-0819
EGEIAH Eagle to Houston2023-12-202023-12-201
SFODEN San Francisco to Denver2023-07-012023-12-1916885.0%
BOSSFO Boston to San Francisco2023-07-012023-09-0466
DENPHL Denver to Philadelphia2023-07-042023-09-0456

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1216 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 470 records of UA1216 operating IAHOMA, 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.

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