Holiday travel
Holiday travel at HOU
William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, TX. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against HOU’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at HOU
At HOU, Labor Day ran furthest below ordinary days (−8.1 points) and July 4 furthest above (+8.8 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at HOU and sets it against HOU’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 86.5%usual 83.7% | +2.8betteryears: 2 better, 1 worse | 0.22%usual 0.62% | Sunday after (two of three) | Friday after (three of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 77.2%usual 83.4% | −6.2worseyears: 3 worse | 0.66%usual 2.17% | December 27 (two of three) | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 78.0%usual 69.2% | +8.8betteryears: 2 better, 2 about the same | 0.43%usual 1.31% | July 5 (three of four) | July 3 (two of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 71.6%usual 71.0% | +0.6about the sameyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.61%usual 1.12% | Memorial Day (two of three) | Sunday before (two of three) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 77.9%usual 86.0% | −8.1worseyears: 2 about the same, 1 worse | 0.33%usual 0.46% | Labor Day (two of three) | Sunday before (two of three) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.