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Route Reliability

El Paso → Houston

ELPIAH · 667 miles · El Paso International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,017
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 2,017 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ELP–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 78% between 12–3 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 88% on time on Tuesdays against 83% on Mondays.

Slipping a little lately.

ELP–IAH flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% 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
  • Mon83%(289 flights)
  • Tue88%(284 flights)
  • Wed84%(286 flights)
  • Thu86%(287 flights)
  • Fri86%(293 flights)
  • Sat84%(269 flights)
  • Sun84%(279 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(358 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(720 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(696 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(213 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 70% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%165
July 202580%177
August 202585%181
September 202585%173
October 202589%184
November 202585%164
December 202589%168
January 202691%151
February 202689%139
March 202682%169
April 202690%171
May 202689%145

Based on 2,017 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.