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Route Reliability

Houston → Oakland

HOU–OAK · 1,642 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
375
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 375 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–OAK flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 50% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

HOU–OAK flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

HOU–OAK flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(52 flights)
  • Tue83%(52 flights)
  • Wed77%(52 flights)
  • Thu67%(52 flights)
  • Fri82%(51 flights)
  • Sat70%(57 flights)
  • Sun77%(57 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(113 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(78 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(14 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(97 flights)
  • 6–9 PM50%(54 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM56%(16 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 48% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202548%29
July 202555%31
August 202555%31
September 202560%30
October 202580%35
November 202572%32
December 202582%33
January 202684%32
February 202693%28
March 202694%31
April 202683%30
May 202694%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 375 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.