Route Reliability
Dallas → Houston
DAL–HOU · 239 miles · Dallas Love Field to William P. Hobby Airport
- 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
- Mon79%(596 flights)
- Tue82%(602 flights)
- Wed74%(606 flights)
- Thu73%(604 flights)
- Fri72%(591 flights)
- Sat75%(444 flights)
- Sun70%(554 flights)
- 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)
Jun 66% → May 66% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 66% | 330 |
| July 2025 | 68% | 343 |
| August 2025 | 74% | 340 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 331 |
| October 2025 | 82% | 351 |
| November 2025 | 74% | 305 |
| December 2025 | 84% | 311 |
| January 2026 | 87% | 324 |
| February 2026 | 84% | 319 |
| March 2026 | 62% | 359 |
| April 2026 | 70% | 345 |
| May 2026 | 66% | 339 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.