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Route Reliability

Newark → Houston

EWRIAH · 1,400 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
3,758
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines80%3,469 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines69%289 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–IAH flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 76%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 69%.

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%(522 flights)
  • Tue85%(512 flights)
  • Wed79%(501 flights)
  • Thu77%(533 flights)
  • Fri78%(542 flights)
  • Sat77%(529 flights)
  • Sun76%(528 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(285 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(663 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(439 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(781 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(736 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(702 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(61 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 67% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%256
July 202568%320
August 202578%336
September 202588%327
October 202574%335
November 202582%317
December 202578%330
January 202682%305
February 202683%264
March 202681%300
April 202686%293
May 202682%284

Based on 3,758 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.