Route Reliability
Houston → Dallas
HOU–DAL · 239 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Dallas Love Field
- 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
- Mon83%(597 flights)
- Tue87%(601 flights)
- Wed83%(605 flights)
- Thu80%(601 flights)
- Fri86%(585 flights)
- Sat80%(438 flights)
- Sun76%(549 flights)
- 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)
Jun 74% → May 80% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 74% | 330 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 338 |
| August 2025 | 78% | 340 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 331 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 347 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 297 |
| December 2025 | 90% | 313 |
| January 2026 | 93% | 315 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 320 |
| March 2026 | 78% | 361 |
| April 2026 | 82% | 343 |
| May 2026 | 80% | 341 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.