Route Reliability
Austin → Houston
AUS–HOU · 148 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- 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
- Mon69%(201 flights)
- Tue75%(197 flights)
- Wed70%(196 flights)
- Thu71%(204 flights)
- Fri73%(198 flights)
- Sat74%(219 flights)
- Sun67%(227 flights)
- 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)
Jun 69% → May 56% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 69% | 127 |
| July 2025 | 63% | 131 |
| August 2025 | 78% | 139 |
| September 2025 | 78% | 136 |
| October 2025 | 75% | 143 |
| November 2025 | 72% | 94 |
| December 2025 | 80% | 95 |
| January 2026 | 84% | 141 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 125 |
| March 2026 | 53% | 111 |
| April 2026 | 58% | 99 |
| May 2026 | 56% | 101 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.