Route Reliability
Houston → Los Angeles
HOU–LAX · 1,390 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 6 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.2%
- Cancelled
- 1,194
- 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 1,194 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
HOU–LAX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 63% between 12–3 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
HOU–LAX flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 1,194 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.
Recent months have been rougher.
HOU–LAX flights arrived on time 66% 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
- Mon75%(183 flights)
- Tue82%(167 flights)
- Wed78%(165 flights)
- Thu78%(178 flights)
- Fri79%(184 flights)
- Sat78%(143 flights)
- Sun71%(172 flights)
- 3–6 AM95%(86 flights)
- 6–9 AM95%(247 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM85%(92 flights)
- 12–3 PM63%(163 flights)
- 3–6 PM77%(179 flights)
- 6–9 PM70%(152 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM66%(273 flights)
Jun 70% → May 54% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 70% | 108 |
| July 2025 | 76% | 115 |
| August 2025 | 88% | 101 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 99 |
| October 2025 | 73% | 109 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 106 |
| December 2025 | 81% | 107 |
| January 2026 | 90% | 93 |
| February 2026 | 83% | 83 |
| March 2026 | 82% | 89 |
| April 2026 | 63% | 89 |
| May 2026 | 54% | 93 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 1,194 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.