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Route Reliability

Houston → Long Beach

HOU–LGB · 1,374 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Long Beach Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
503
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 503 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–LGB flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 73% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–LGB flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 79%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(80 flights)
  • Tue88%(76 flights)
  • Wed84%(74 flights)
  • Thu84%(76 flights)
  • Fri84%(79 flights)
  • Sat82%(51 flights)
  • Sun79%(63 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(187 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(42 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(64 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(80 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(126 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 73% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%48
July 202578%54
August 202573%51
September 202594%52
October 202589%53
November 202598%45
December 202591%43
January 202679%34
February 202686%28
March 202681%31
April 202690%30
May 202683%30

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 503 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.