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UA1542

Houston (IAH) to San Antonio (SAT) · scheduled 8:10 PM – 9:20 PM

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How UA1542 performs

433 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
74.9%
320 of 427 completed
Cancellation rate
1.39%
6 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 9.5 min
Severe delays
8.7%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
61 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
72.4%
Left the gate on time

UA1542 arrived on time 74.9% of the time, against 79.3% for all IAHSAT flights — this specific departure is 4.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against United Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.4 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 433 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
UA154274.9%1.39%-5 min8.7%433
United Airlines on IAHSAT79.4%1.36%-6 min7.5%6,327
All IAHSAT flights79.3%1.37%-6 min7.6%6,810

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Other routes UA1542 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
ABQORD Albuquerque to Chicago2026-03-052026-03-2823
PDXIAH Portland to Houston2025-10-262025-12-0136
LASLAX Las Vegas to Los Angeles2025-08-192025-09-0114
LAXIAH Los Angeles to Houston2025-08-192025-09-0114
MIAIAH Miami to Houston2025-05-012025-05-2121
JAXEWR Jacksonville to Newark2025-02-132025-03-2942
DENSBA Denver to Santa Barbara2024-06-272025-02-1223186.6%
RDUDEN Raleigh–Durham to Denver2025-01-072025-02-1237
XNADEN Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers to Denver2024-06-272024-06-304
IADIAH Washington to Houston2024-05-022024-05-2221
IAHRDU Houston to Raleigh–Durham2024-03-312024-05-0132
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2024-03-312024-05-0132
EWRPBI Newark to West Palm Beach2024-03-072024-03-3024
LASEWR Las Vegas to Newark2024-02-152024-03-0621
EWRBOS Newark to Boston2024-01-092024-02-1437
HDNDEN Hayden to Denver2023-12-212024-01-0819
LAXEWR Los Angeles to Newark2023-11-282023-12-2023
SATIAH San Antonio to Houston2023-10-292023-11-2730

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route UA1542 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 433 records of UA1542 operating IAHSAT, 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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