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Route Reliability

Houston → Indianapolis

HOU–IND · 861 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Indianapolis International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
491
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 491 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–IND flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–IND flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 65%.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–IND flights arrived on time 65% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(78 flights)
  • Tue72%(60 flights)
  • Wed80%(60 flights)
  • Thu76%(79 flights)
  • Fri75%(76 flights)
  • Sat74%(57 flights)
  • Sun65%(78 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(15 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(157 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(56 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(52 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(201 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 64% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%47
July 202572%47
August 202568%37
September 202585%34
October 202586%56
November 202577%31
December 202571%31
January 2026100%31
February 202679%28
March 202655%56
April 202667%46
May 202673%44

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 491 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.