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When is Houston IAH security busiest? 6 am, then 8 am.

Calmest around 9 am. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at IAH checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Friday, 6 am

4,540

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? 70/E Terminal and 30/CN Terminal, by 8 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • 70/E Terminal

    6 am

    1,480 screened

  • 30/CN Terminal

    8 am

    960 screened

  • 10/AN Terminal

    5 am

    700 screened

  • 31/CS Terminal

    8 am

    620 screened

  • 12/AS Terminal

    5 am

    480 screened

  • 40/D Terminal

    10 am

    180 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

7 am: 90% left on time. 5 pm: 70%.

Flight records,

Share of IAH departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
5 am90%
6 am89%
7 am90%
8 am86%
9 am85%
10 am82%
11 am82%
12 pm84%
1 pm75%
2 pm80%
3 pm76%
4 pm77%
5 pm70%
6 pm73%
7 pm71%
8 pm76%
9 pm78%
10 pm79%

Which airline runs on time here? United and Delta lead.

United flies 82% of IAH departures and landed on time 81% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 140,046 flights, 0.7% cancelled 81%
  2. Delta 8,452 flights, 1.9% cancelled 79%
  3. American 11,279 flights, 2.6% cancelled 74%
  4. Spirit 4,114 flights, 3.2% cancelled 72%
  5. Frontier 5,339 flights, 2.4% cancelled 69%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Alaska 80% of 1,195, JetBlue 48% of 835.

Where do IAH flights land late? New York, Chicago, Newark.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
ORD Chicago6,14274%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth6,08575%
ATL Atlanta5,27276%
LAX Los Angeles5,14784%
DEN Denver4,72882%
LGA New York4,26170%
EWR Newark3,71774%
MIA Miami3,66578%

Every route from IAH

126 destinations with flights in the last twelve months.