Houston HobbyWilliam P. Hobby Airport18:57·#97/327

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+18 min

Houston Hobby (HOU) airport average departure delay right now

Departures +18 min, arrivals +4 min. This airport's board does not publish cancellations.

Hour by hour

18:00today +18 min minor

Drag. Solid bars are observed. Hatched bars are expected.

Houston Hobby (HOU) delays today: 78% of the 216 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +18 min and arrivals +4 min, across 259 flights tracked so far today. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 16 September 2026 at 23:26 UTC.

Departures109 timed

On time76%83

Delayed24%26

typical now +18 min

Arrivals107 timed

On time78%83

Delayed22%24

typical now +4 min

On the boardDeparturesfull board ↗

~~18:20~~ 20:02WN1970MEM Memphis · gate 46+102 min

~~18:20~~ 18:58WN2048TPA Tampa · gate 42+38 min

~~18:20~~ 18:55WN4230FLL Fort Lauderdale · gate 5+35 min

~~18:25~~ 18:55WN3265JAN Jackson · gate 24+30 min

~~18:25~~ 19:16WN4422MIA Miami · gate 27+51 min

~~18:25~~ 18:55WN4433PNS Pensacola · gate 46+30 min

~~18:35~~ 19:05WN1418PIT Pittsburgh · gate 44+30 min

~~18:35~~ 18:55WN3313MCO Orlando · gate 23+20 min

When this board posts +15, the median flight leaves +29. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

Arrivalsfull board ↗

~~17:35~~ 19:17WN3424SAN from San Diego+102 min

~~18:45~~ 18:49WN45BNA from Nashville+4 min

18:50XE286DAL from Dallason time

19:20WN662MCO from Orlandoon time

19:30WN2505MCI from Kansas Cityon time

~~19:30~~ 20:04WN3432LGA from New York+34 min

Running late right now27 of 336 still on the board · 8.0%

+102

WN1970 → Memphis · dep 20:02

Flights this late at HOU still cancel only 0.0% of the time.

+102

WN3424 from San Diego · arr 19:17

Typical claw-back on this sector is ~29 min.

+90

WN2979 from New Orleans · arr 21:20

Typical claw-back on this sector is ~26 min.

+80

WN4588 → Harlingen · dep 22:00

A +80 min push, well beyond this airport's typical day.

In the air to HOUlive positions · 3-min feed

27aircraft inbound · next to land WN662 from Orlando, lands ~19:02

WN662Orlando

lands ~19:02

WN3424San Diego

lands ~19:05

WN3424San Diego

lands ~19:05

WN2505Kansas City

lands ~19:06

Positions as of 18:56 local · updates every 3 min. Tap any flight to watch it on its own page.

Delayed routes todaymedian · min 3 legs

SANSan Diego+46m

AUSAustin+37m

JANJackson+19m

PHXPhoenix+16m

Made up in the air Network figure ~28 min Network-wide median for delayed flights in our tracked sample.

Last 30 days

Today is the 5th worst day of the last 30. Median day: +11 min departures.

Typical week here

+16

MON

+15

TUE

+12

WED

+18

THU

+18

FRI

+17

SAT

+14

SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Wednesday (+12 min), heaviest on Friday (+18 min).

Watch this airportfree · no account

One message when HOU crosses your line, one when it clears. Nothing else, ever.

Houston Hobby airport delays today

Delays are building at HOU. A typical departure is currently +18 min. Arrivals are +4 min. The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 05:00 (+10 min expected).

Other Houston airports: IAH · Nearby gateways: IAH AUS SAT DAL DFW MSY · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Houston Hobby

Is Houston Hobby (HOU) delayed right now?

Delays are building at HOU. Departures +18 min, arrivals +4 min. This airport's board does not publish cancellations. 78% of the 216 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the best day to fly from Houston Hobby (HOU)?

Over the last 90 days, Wednesday averaged the lightest departure delays (+12 min). Friday ran heaviest (+18 min).

How often are flights delayed at HOU today?

We tracked 259 flights today: departures +18 min, arrivals +4 min.

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How we measure this →

Technical · METAR, flight rules & indexes

Dep index

0.8/5Arr index

0.5/5

delay window 18:26 local · How these are computed → methodology