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Route Reliability

Albuquerque → Houston

ABQIAH · 744 miles · Albuquerque International Sunport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,283
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 1,283 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

ABQ–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 75% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ABQ–IAH flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 82%.

Slipping a little lately.

ABQ–IAH flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(184 flights)
  • Tue92%(177 flights)
  • Wed88%(173 flights)
  • Thu89%(183 flights)
  • Fri89%(183 flights)
  • Sat86%(176 flights)
  • Sun82%(188 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(202 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(358 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(20 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(682 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 67% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%117
July 202584%115
August 202581%118
September 202591%116
October 202594%124
November 202588%119
December 202592%124
January 202691%85
February 202695%79
March 202685%87
April 202689%88
May 202691%92

Based on 1,283 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.