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Route Reliability

Austin → Houston

AUSHOU · 148 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,449
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 1,449 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AUS–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 48% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AUS–HOU flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 67%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,449 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

AUS–HOU flights arrived on time 56% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(201 flights)
  • Tue75%(197 flights)
  • Wed70%(196 flights)
  • Thu71%(204 flights)
  • Fri73%(198 flights)
  • Sat74%(219 flights)
  • Sun67%(227 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM98%(123 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(373 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(86 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(273 flights)
  • 3–6 PM48%(214 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(346 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(27 flights)
On-time trend by month
56%
May

Jun 69% → May 56% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%127
July 202563%131
August 202578%139
September 202578%136
October 202575%143
November 202572%94
December 202580%95
January 202684%141
February 202682%125
March 202653%111
April 202658%99
May 202656%101

Based on 1,449 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.