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Route Reliability

Houston → San Jose

HOU–SJC · 1,621 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to San José Mineta International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–SJC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

HOU–SJC flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Sundays. On Fridays: 82%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 364 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

HOU–SJC flights arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(52 flights)
  • Tue85%(52 flights)
  • Wed83%(52 flights)
  • Thu90%(52 flights)
  • Fri82%(51 flights)
  • Sat83%(52 flights)
  • Sun91%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(164 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(39 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(45 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(92 flights)
  • 6–9 PM88%(24 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 80% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202587%31
August 202581%31
September 202573%30
October 202580%30
November 202590%30
December 202587%31
January 202684%31
February 202679%28
March 202690%31
April 202697%30
May 2026100%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 364 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.