Route Reliability
Burbank → Houston
BUR–HOU · 1,389 miles · Hollywood Burbank Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- 90%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 2 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 208
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 90% of the time across 208 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Mornings have a slight edge.
Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, against 87% between 12–3 PM.
Wednesday is the weak spot.
BUR–HOU flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Saturdays. On Wednesdays: 86%.
Slipping a little lately.
BUR–HOU flights arrived on time 88% 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
- Mon90%(30 flights)
- Tue90%(31 flights)
- Wed86%(29 flights)
- Thu93%(30 flights)
- Fri87%(30 flights)
- Sat96%(23 flights)
- Sun87%(31 flights)
- 6–9 AM94%(92 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM88%(64 flights)
- 12–3 PM87%(47 flights)
- 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
Jun 93% → Dec 85% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 93% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 92% | 25 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 26 |
| October 2025 | 92% | 26 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 85% | 33 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 208 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.