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Flight Reliability

UA 4904 · United Airlines

Houston → LRD (IAHLRD)98% of its flights flew this route. The rest (IAH–CRP, IAH–MAF) are included in these numbers.

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
15 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 173 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Wednesdays have been rough.

UA 4904 arrived on time 93% of the time on Saturdays and just 75% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the IAH–LRD route.

UA 4904 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 84% across the IAH–LRD route.

Recent months have been rougher.

UA 4904 arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(29 flights)
  • Tue78%(23 flights)
  • Wed75%(28 flights)
  • Thu86%(29 flights)
  • Fri80%(30 flights)
  • Sat93%(15 flights)
  • Sun77%(17 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM81%(169 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 75% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%20
July 202582%22
August 202583%12
January 202677%17
February 202692%25
March 202684%31
April 202673%30
May 202673%11
Departures on time
81%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
171
Months covered
10

Based on 173 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.