IAH to ICT flight delays
Houston, TX (IAH) Wichita, KS (ICT) · 542 miles
592 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.38%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.01%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
69 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. SkyWest Airlines arrived on time 9.3 points more often than United Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In July it ran 25.2 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
This is a thin route — 592 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
The Houston to Wichita route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on IAH to ICT. United Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in July and worst in June.
Every airline on IAH to ICT
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 420 | 83.09% | 1.43% | 86 min | B |
| United Airlines | 172 | 73.84% | 0% | 44 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ICT to IAH Wichita back to Houston 85.22% on time BOther routes from Houston
Common questions
Are flights from Houston to Wichita usually delayed?
80.38% of flights on the IAH to ICT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Houston to Wichita?
SkyWest Airlines, at 83.09% on time across 420 flights. The least punctual on the route was United Airlines at 73.84%.
How often are IAH to ICT flights cancelled?
1.01% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Houston to Wichita?
July, when 88.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 63.3%.
When IAH to ICT flights are late, how late are they?
About 69 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on IAH to ICT during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →