DCA → HOU Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Washington, DC to Houston, TX · 1,056 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 58% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+47 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DCA to HOU?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DCA → HOU (1,056 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +47 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time81078%
16-30 min767%
31-60 min757%
61-120 min424%
2+ hrs333%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078768%+25 min
2025-088978%+13 min
2025-098684%+4 min
2025-108589%-5 min
2025-118282%+1 min
2025-129184%+0 min
2026-018388%-10 min
2026-027892%-17 min
2026-039174%+6 min
2026-048780%+2 min
2026-058861%+19 min
2026-068962%+22 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15282%
Tue15882%
Wed15680%
Thu15180%
Fri15476%
Sat11678%
Sun14968%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…