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Route Reliability

Houston → Miami

HOU–MIA · 955 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Miami International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
58%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
290
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 58% of the time across 290 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–MIA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 76% of the time, versus 44% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

HOU–MIA flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays and just 50% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–MIA flights arrived on time 33% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon54%(39 flights)
  • Tue50%(24 flights)
  • Wed52%(23 flights)
  • Thu50%(38 flights)
  • Fri55%(42 flights)
  • Sat77%(68 flights)
  • Sun51%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(62 flights)
  • 12–3 PM54%(67 flights)
  • 3–6 PM44%(62 flights)
  • 6–9 PM59%(95 flights)
On-time trend by month
36%
May

Jun 63% → May 36% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%38
July 202556%39
August 202575%28
September 202584%25
October 202571%21
November 202585%20
December 202535%17
March 202623%26
April 202640%30
May 202636%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 290 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.