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Route Reliability

Albuquerque → Houston

ABQ–HOU · 759 miles · Albuquerque International Sunport to William P. Hobby Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
979
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 979 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ABQ–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 88% on time on Tuesdays against 83% on Thursdays.

Recent months have been rougher.

ABQ–HOU flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(147 flights)
  • Tue88%(121 flights)
  • Wed84%(117 flights)
  • Thu83%(146 flights)
  • Fri83%(147 flights)
  • Sat88%(140 flights)
  • Sun85%(155 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(23 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(340 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(223 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(167 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(219 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 88% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%88
July 202576%92
August 202590%79
September 202592%77
October 202583%90
November 202588%77
December 202587%78
January 202687%71
February 202696%74
March 202680%83
April 202679%81
May 202677%83

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 979 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.