Flight Reliability
UA 5301 · United Airlines
Houston → HOB (IAH–HOB)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ORD–TVC) are included in these numbers.
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 33 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 365 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
UA 5301 arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays and just 50% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the United Airlines network.
UA 5301 arrived on time 73% of the time, versus 79% across the United Airlines network.
Recent months have been rougher.
UA 5301 arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon74%(49 flights)
- Tue81%(52 flights)
- Wed86%(51 flights)
- Thu81%(52 flights)
- Fri69%(51 flights)
- Sat71%(51 flights)
- Sun50%(50 flights)
68%
May
Jun 61% → May 68% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 61% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 66% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 61% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 71% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 86% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 79% | 28 |
| March 2026 | 67% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 66% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 68% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 71%
- Diverted
- 0.8%
- Flights flown
- 356
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 365 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.