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Route Reliability

Houston → Fort Lauderdale

HOU–FLL · 957 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
798
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 68% of the time across 798 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–FLL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 58% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

HOU–FLL flights arrived on time 73% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 62%.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–FLL flights arrived on time 49% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(107 flights)
  • Tue73%(108 flights)
  • Wed63%(106 flights)
  • Thu62%(105 flights)
  • Fri65%(110 flights)
  • Sat69%(127 flights)
  • Sun71%(126 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(22 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(290 flights)
  • 12–3 PM58%(72 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(58 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(347 flights)
On-time trend by month
40%
May

Jun 76% → May 40% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%66
July 202554%70
August 202571%63
September 202586%58
October 202583%66
November 202571%78
December 202561%80
January 202687%71
February 202673%56
March 202648%59
April 202660%60
May 202640%62

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 798 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.