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Route Reliability

Houston → St. Louis

HOUSTL · 687 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to St. Louis Lambert International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,550
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 81% of the time across 1,550 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

HOU–STL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 67% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

HOU–STL flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 77%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,550 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–STL flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(242 flights)
  • Tue85%(211 flights)
  • Wed81%(210 flights)
  • Thu77%(235 flights)
  • Fri81%(239 flights)
  • Sat84%(157 flights)
  • Sun77%(247 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(242 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(304 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(99 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(250 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(265 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(281 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(100 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 78% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%138
July 202578%143
August 202577%129
September 202588%125
October 202580%123
November 202590%131
December 202586%138
January 202693%105
February 202684%106
March 202669%143
April 202680%131
May 202672%129

Based on 1,550 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.