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Route Reliability

Houston → Burbank

HOUBUR · 1,389 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
208
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 208 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–BUR flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 76% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–BUR flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 208 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

HOU–BUR flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(32 flights)
  • Tue90%(31 flights)
  • Wed77%(31 flights)
  • Thu90%(30 flights)
  • Fri83%(30 flights)
  • Sat78%(23 flights)
  • Sun65%(31 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(7 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(71 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(97 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(28 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
Dec

Jun 67% → Dec 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%30
July 202584%31
August 202585%26
September 202589%26
October 202581%26
November 202577%30
December 202579%33

Based on 208 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.