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Route Reliability

Charlotte → Houston

CLTIAH · 912 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
2,874
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines85%1,047 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines76%1,630 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines75%197 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CLT–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 65% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

CLT–IAH flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 75%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 75%.

Recent months have been rougher.

CLT–IAH flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

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

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(434 flights)
  • Tue87%(373 flights)
  • Wed81%(372 flights)
  • Thu79%(424 flights)
  • Fri75%(439 flights)
  • Sat77%(341 flights)
  • Sun78%(430 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(727 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(567 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(276 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(665 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(394 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM65%(184 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 65% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%241
July 202563%246
August 202568%235
September 202591%229
October 202585%243
November 202585%230
December 202585%227
January 202688%205
February 202690%211
March 202685%242
April 202676%249
May 202674%255

Based on 2,874 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.