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Route Reliability

Houston → Sacramento

HOU–SMF · 1,624 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 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 78% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 35% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursdays have been rough.

HOU–SMF flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 71% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

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

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–SMF flights arrived on time 60% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(52 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed85%(52 flights)
  • Thu71%(51 flights)
  • Fri75%(52 flights)
  • Sat73%(52 flights)
  • Sun79%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(72 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(81 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(79 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(43 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(66 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM35%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
58%
May

Jun 67% → May 58% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%30
July 202565%31
August 202590%31
September 202593%30
October 202587%31
November 202583%29
December 202584%31
January 202684%31
February 2026100%28
March 202665%31
April 202657%30
May 202658%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.