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Route Reliability

Houston → Tucson

HOU–TUS · 946 miles · William P. Hobby Airport to Tucson International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
232
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 232 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HOU–TUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesdays have been rough.

HOU–TUS flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Fridays and just 73% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 232 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

HOU–TUS flights arrived on time 81% 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
  • Mon88%(33 flights)
  • Tue73%(26 flights)
  • Wed74%(23 flights)
  • Thu93%(30 flights)
  • Fri94%(34 flights)
  • Sat86%(44 flights)
  • Sun79%(42 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(31 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(51 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(94 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(3 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(23 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM80%(30 flights)
On-time trend by month
50%
Mar

Jun 70% → Mar 50% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%30
July 202584%31
August 202583%30
September 202587%30
October 202593%30
November 202585%20
December 202588%17
January 202692%13
February 2026100%19
March 202650%10

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 232 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.