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Route Reliability

Houston → El Paso

HOU–ELP · 677 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to El Paso International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,052
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 1,052 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–ELP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 65% between 12–3 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 83% on time on Tuesdays against 78% on Wednesdays.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–ELP flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(152 flights)
  • Tue83%(137 flights)
  • Wed78%(137 flights)
  • Thu81%(152 flights)
  • Fri81%(153 flights)
  • Sat83%(160 flights)
  • Sun79%(155 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(298 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(64 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(157 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(165 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(102 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(260 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 69% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%90
July 202574%90
August 202585%84
September 202586%81
October 202581%91
November 202589%92
December 202592%96
January 202688%76
February 202691%74
March 202673%90
April 202667%89
May 202675%93

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,052 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.