DEN → HOU Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to Houston, TX · 2,352 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 105 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+48 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → HOU (2,352 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +48 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,72474%
16-30 min22310%
31-60 min2049%
61-120 min1205%
2+ hrs633%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0719755%+31 min
2025-0818970%+14 min
2025-0918983%0 min
2025-1019876%+5 min
2025-1120679%+1 min
2025-1222579%+5 min
2026-0119586%-7 min
2026-0218386%-3 min
2026-0319570%+12 min
2026-0417672%+3 min
2026-0517970%+11 min
2026-0620260%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon36475%
Tue32878%
Wed31875%
Thu35871%
Fri35867%
Sat26376%
Sun34576%

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