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Route Reliability

Houston → HRL

HOU–HRL · 277 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to HRL Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
1,224
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 1,224 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–HRL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

HOU–HRL flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Fridays. On Thursdays: 73%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,224 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–HRL flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(184 flights)
  • Tue80%(181 flights)
  • Wed79%(179 flights)
  • Thu73%(182 flights)
  • Fri80%(187 flights)
  • Sat75%(127 flights)
  • Sun76%(181 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(208 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(201 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(146 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(205 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(200 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(261 flights)
On-time trend by month
63%
May

Jun 69% → May 63% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%109
July 202567%115
August 202576%113
September 202589%112
October 202574%119
November 202581%105
December 202581%105
January 202686%92
February 202689%87
March 202673%90
April 202680%86
May 202663%88

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,224 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.