Route · PSP → IAH · 2020–2025 BTS data
Palm Springs to Houston
The PSP–IAH corridor (Palm Springs, CA → Houston, TX) runs ahead of the national average, served by 8 carriers across roughly 1,269 miles.
Data updated 2026-06-13
- 84.6%
- On-time
- +5.6 pts
- vs US avg
- 75 min
- Delay when late
- 1,360
- Flights
Cancelled
2.9%
Best Month
Jan 2021 96%
Worst Month
Mar 2022 65%
Distance
1,269 mi
Carriers
8
Monthly Performance
Recent 24 months of route data.
| Period | Flights | Delayed | Cancelled | Diverted | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Mar 2025 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Apr 2024 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | OO,UA |
| Mar 2024 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Jan 2024 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | UA |
| Dec 2023 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | UA |
| Nov 2023 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | UA |
| Apr 2023 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | UA,OO |
| Mar 2023 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Feb 2023 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Jan 2023 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Dec 2022 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Nov 2022 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Apr 2022 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | OO |
| Mar 2022 | 57 | 20 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Feb 2022 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 0 | OO |
| Jan 2022 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Dec 2021 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Nov 2021 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Mar 2021 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | OO,UA |
| Feb 2021 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 0 | OO,UA,YV |
| Jan 2021 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | OO,YV |
| Dec 2020 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | OO |
| Mar 2020 | 93 | 8 | 22 | 0 | YV,OO,UA |
Cancellation Rate
2.9%
35 of 1,222 flights
Diversion Rate
0.2%
3 of 1,222 flights
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PSP - Palm Springs
Full on-time, delay-cause, and seasonal performance for Palm Springs, CA.
Origin airport →IAH - Houston
Full on-time, delay-cause, and seasonal performance for Houston, TX.
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What the Data Says About PSP to IAH
Bureau of Transportation Statistics records show Palm Springs to Houston (PSP to IAH) running a 84.6% on-time rate over 1,360 tracked flights, on the stronger end of a typical domestic pairing. When flights do run late, the average delay is 74.9 minutes. The 1,269-mile corridor is served by 8 carriers, and over the last 24 months 2.9% of 1,222 flights were cancelled, 0.2% diverted.
The monthly split is wide on this route: Jan 2021 posted the strongest performance at 96% on-time, while Mar 2022 came in at just 65% - a 32-point swing worth factoring into travel timing.
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Data source
Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data. Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods.
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