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Route Reliability

El Paso → Houston

ELP–HOU · 677 miles · El Paso International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,053
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 1,053 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELP–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ELP–HOU flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 80%.

Slipping a little lately.

ELP–HOU flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(151 flights)
  • Tue89%(139 flights)
  • Wed87%(135 flights)
  • Thu84%(151 flights)
  • Fri84%(153 flights)
  • Sat86%(160 flights)
  • Sun80%(154 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(6 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(355 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(301 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(111 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(261 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 79% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%89
July 202583%90
August 202587%83
September 202588%81
October 202581%91
November 202590%91
December 202583%97
January 202695%75
February 202687%74
March 202672%90
April 202694%89
May 202682%93

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Based on 1,053 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.