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Route Reliability

Houston → Sarasota

HOUSRQ · 789 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
189
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 189 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–SRQ flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 56% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

HOU–SRQ flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays and just 64% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

HOU–SRQ flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(27 flights)
  • Tue71%(24 flights)
  • Wed64%(22 flights)
  • Thu76%(25 flights)
  • Fri80%(30 flights)
  • Sat87%(30 flights)
  • Sun83%(30 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(106 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(38 flights)
  • 3–6 PM56%(36 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(8 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
Dec

Jun 48% → Dec 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202548%25
July 202565%31
August 202577%31
September 202593%30
October 202581%31
November 202589%18
December 202580%15

Based on 189 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.