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HOU vs MAF - 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
MAF

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa, Texas

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric HOU MAF
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 79.4% 82.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 58.6 min 77.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 20.6% 17.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.25% 1.32%
Total Flights 618,821 100,719
Delayed Flights 127,699 17,271
Cancelled Flights 7,742 1,332
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%

MAF - Midland/Odessa, TX

Late Aircraft 36.7%
Carrier 36.4%
NAS 17.4%
Weather 9.3%
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 MAF

Route Flights On-Time
DFW → MAF
Midland/Odessa
14,648 80.3%
MAF → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
14,644 80.9%
DAL → MAF
Midland/Odessa
8,294 81.4%
MAF → DAL
Dallas
8,279 87.4%
IAH → MAF
Midland/Odessa
7,361 84.6%
MAF → IAH
Houston
7,356 88%

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.