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Route Reliability

Boston → Houston

BOS–IAH · 1,597 miles · Boston Logan International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
2,036
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,576 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways77%460 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BOS–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

BOS–IAH flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 77%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 77%.

Best historical flights

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

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(289 flights)
  • Tue84%(273 flights)
  • Wed86%(278 flights)
  • Thu77%(291 flights)
  • Fri78%(299 flights)
  • Sat82%(267 flights)
  • Sun84%(298 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM98%(79 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(566 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(346 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(413 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(591 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 72% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%190
July 202579%208
August 202584%193
September 202578%156
October 202584%190
November 202585%187
December 202578%175
January 202685%109
February 202687%111
March 202689%147
April 202692%151
May 202673%178

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Based on 2,036 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.