Route Reliability
Fort Lauderdale → Houston
FLL–IAH · 966 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.1%
- Cancelled
- 2,836
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines88%1,803 flights
- 2.Spirit Airlines73%949 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (84 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
FLL–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 67% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
FLL–IAH flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.
United Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 73%.
Recent months have been rougher.
FLL–IAH flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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
- Mon80%(412 flights)
- Tue89%(368 flights)
- Wed86%(379 flights)
- Thu86%(410 flights)
- Fri82%(418 flights)
- Sat81%(390 flights)
- Sun72%(421 flights)
- 6–9 AM95%(766 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM92%(415 flights)
- 12–3 PM78%(420 flights)
- 3–6 PM73%(527 flights)
- 6–9 PM74%(403 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM67%(267 flights)
Jun 76% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 76% | 208 |
| July 2025 | 81% | 193 |
| August 2025 | 78% | 193 |
| September 2025 | 86% | 195 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 267 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 258 |
| December 2025 | 84% | 277 |
| January 2026 | 86% | 267 |
| February 2026 | 87% | 242 |
| March 2026 | 72% | 282 |
| April 2026 | 76% | 259 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 157 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 2,836 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.