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Route Reliability

Birmingham → Houston

BHM–HOU · 570 miles · Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
458
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 458 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BHM–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

BHM–HOU flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 77%.

Slipping a little lately.

BHM–HOU flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(52 flights)
  • Tue84%(51 flights)
  • Wed87%(52 flights)
  • Thu77%(51 flights)
  • Fri87%(52 flights)
  • Sat89%(82 flights)
  • Sun83%(114 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(80 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(23 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(107 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(100 flights)
  • 3–6 PM91%(90 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(54 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 74% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%43
July 202569%42
August 202588%40
September 202592%38
October 202584%38
November 202591%34
December 202591%33
January 202691%32
February 202690%31
March 202682%38
April 202688%41
May 202684%44

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Based on 458 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.