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Route Reliability

HDN → Houston

HDNIAH · 985 miles · HDN Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
Cancelled
129
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 129 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, against 78% between 12–3 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

HDN–IAH flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Sundays and just 67% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(14 flights)
  • Tue87%(15 flights)
  • Wed67%(15 flights)
  • Thu81%(16 flights)
  • Fri75%(16 flights)
  • Sat71%(24 flights)
  • Sun88%(24 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(19 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(105 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
Mar

Dec 86% → Mar 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
December 202586%14
January 202690%30
February 202668%28
March 202675%28

Based on 129 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.