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Route Reliability

Houston → Seattle

HOUSEA · 1,894 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
119
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 69% of the time across 119 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–SEA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 61% between 12–3 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

HOU–SEA flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Tuesdays and just 59% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 119 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(17 flights)
  • Tue77%(17 flights)
  • Wed59%(17 flights)
  • Thu59%(17 flights)
  • Fri77%(17 flights)
  • Sat71%(17 flights)
  • Sun77%(17 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(19 flights)
  • 12–3 PM61%(75 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(25 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
Sep

Jun 54% → Sep 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%26
July 202558%31
August 202577%31
September 202583%30

Based on 119 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.