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Flight Reliability

UA 4009 · United Airlines

Houston → El Paso (IAHELP)87% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SAT–IAH, IAH–BHM) are included in these numbers.

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 249 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Tuesdays have been rough.

UA 4009 arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 74% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the United Airlines network.

UA 4009 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 249 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 4009 arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(35 flights)
  • Tue74%(35 flights)
  • Wed91%(35 flights)
  • Thu86%(36 flights)
  • Fri83%(36 flights)
  • Sat83%(36 flights)
  • Sun78%(36 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(244 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Oct 94% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202594%31
November 202580%30
December 202577%31
January 202694%31
February 202689%28
March 202674%31
April 202673%30
May 202677%31
Departures on time
77%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
249
Months covered
9

Based on 249 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.