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Route Reliability

Houston → Pensacola

HOU–PNS · 488 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Pensacola International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
358
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 71% of the time across 358 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–PNS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 52% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

HOU–PNS flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays and just 58% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 358 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–PNS flights arrived on time 55% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(49 flights)
  • Tue80%(44 flights)
  • Wed58%(43 flights)
  • Thu73%(48 flights)
  • Fri78%(49 flights)
  • Sat71%(52 flights)
  • Sun67%(72 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(149 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(40 flights)
  • 3–6 PM86%(14 flights)
  • 6–9 PM52%(154 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 49% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202549%35
July 202551%35
August 202575%32
September 202587%30
October 202589%35
November 202591%32
December 202585%33
January 202682%11
February 202689%18
March 202629%28
April 202670%33
May 202666%35

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 358 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.