ICT to IAH flight delays
Wichita, KS (ICT) Houston, TX (IAH) · 542 miles
592 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.22%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.35%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
96 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. United Airlines arrived on time 9.2 points more often than SkyWest 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 October it ran 50.7 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.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 96 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on ICT to IAH. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in June.
Every airline on ICT to IAH
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 | 82.52% | 1.43% | 100 min | B |
| United Airlines | 172 | 91.76% | 1.16% | 77 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
IAH to ICT Houston back to Wichita 80.38% on time COther routes from Wichita
Common questions
Are flights from Wichita to Houston usually delayed?
85.22% of flights on the ICT to IAH route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Wichita to Houston?
United Airlines, at 91.76% on time across 172 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 82.52%.
How often are ICT to IAH flights cancelled?
1.35% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 14 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Wichita to Houston?
October, when 95.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 44.4%.
When ICT to IAH flights are late, how late are they?
About 96 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 ICT to IAH 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 →