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Route Reliability

Dallas → Houston

DALHOU · 239 miles · Dallas Love Field to William P. Hobby Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
4,075
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 4,075 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DAL–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 54% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–HOU flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 70%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–HOU flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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%(596 flights)
  • Tue82%(602 flights)
  • Wed74%(606 flights)
  • Thu73%(604 flights)
  • Fri72%(591 flights)
  • Sat75%(444 flights)
  • Sun70%(554 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(950 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(713 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(675 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(674 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(770 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM54%(215 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 66% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%330
July 202568%343
August 202574%340
September 202583%331
October 202582%351
November 202574%305
December 202584%311
January 202687%324
February 202684%319
March 202662%359
April 202670%345
May 202666%339

Based on 4,075 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.