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HOU vs JAN - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
HOU

Houston, TX

Houston, Texas

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Airport B
JAN

Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

Jackson/Vicksburg, Mississippi

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric HOU JAN
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 79.4% 84.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 58.6 min 75.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 20.6% 15.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.25% 1.19%
Total Flights 618,821 79,839
Delayed Flights 127,699 12,605
Cancelled Flights 7,742 947
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

HOU - Houston, TX

Late Aircraft 44.4%
Carrier 34.9%
NAS 15.9%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.4%

JAN - Jackson/Vicksburg, MS

Late Aircraft 41.2%
Carrier 35.0%
NAS 14.3%
Weather 9.2%
Security 0.3%

Top Routes

Top routes from HOU

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
HOU → ATL
Atlanta
18,651 85.3%
ATL → HOU
Houston
18,589 83.6%
DEN → HOU
Houston
14,920 77.4%
HOU → DEN
Denver
14,913 81.6%

Top routes from JAN

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → JAN
Jackson/Vicksburg
15,383 86.7%
JAN → ATL
Atlanta
15,381 90%
JAN → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
10,945 80.2%
DFW → JAN
Jackson/Vicksburg
10,941 81.4%
CLT → JAN
Jackson/Vicksburg
4,426 82.9%
JAN → CLT
Charlotte
4,419 85.4%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.