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Route Reliability

Houston → Columbus

HOU–CMH · 1,000 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
355
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 355 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–CMH flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–CMH flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Mondays and just 59% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 355 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Slipping a little lately.

HOU–CMH flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(52 flights)
  • Tue83%(52 flights)
  • Wed69%(52 flights)
  • Thu73%(51 flights)
  • Fri83%(52 flights)
  • Sat66%(38 flights)
  • Sun59%(56 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(57 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(111 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(52 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(133 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 50% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%30
July 202548%31
August 202584%32
September 202590%30
October 202577%31
November 202569%26
December 202586%29
January 202689%26
February 202663%27
March 202657%30
April 202690%30
May 202681%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 355 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.