LAX to HOU flight delays
Los Angeles, CA (LAX) Houston, TX (HOU) · 1,390 miles
1,193 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.15%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.25%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
40 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 45 points more punctual than in March — 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 12.6 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Los Angeles to Houston run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on LAX to HOU. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on LAX to HOU
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,193 | 73.15% | 0.25% | 40 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HOU to LAX Houston back to Los Angeles 75.02% on time COther routes from Los Angeles
Common questions
Are flights from Los Angeles to Houston usually delayed?
73.15% of flights on the LAX to HOU route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Los Angeles to Houston?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,193 flights and 73.15% arriving on time.
How often are LAX to HOU flights cancelled?
0.25% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 3 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Los Angeles to Houston?
September, when 89.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 44.9%.
When LAX to HOU flights are late, how late are they?
About 40 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 LAX to HOU 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 →