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Route Reliability

Houston → Dallas

HOUDAL · 239 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Dallas Love Field

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
4,075
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 4,075 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 72% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–DAL flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 76%.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–DAL flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(597 flights)
  • Tue87%(601 flights)
  • Wed83%(605 flights)
  • Thu80%(601 flights)
  • Fri86%(585 flights)
  • Sat80%(438 flights)
  • Sun76%(549 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(38 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(867 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(705 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(657 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(766 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(708 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(235 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 74% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%330
July 202574%338
August 202578%340
September 202588%331
October 202581%347
November 202583%297
December 202590%313
January 202693%315
February 202689%320
March 202678%361
April 202682%343
May 202680%341

Based on 4,075 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.