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Route Reliability

HRL → Houston

HRL–HOU · 277 miles · HRL Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,224
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 1,224 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HRL–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

HRL–HOU flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Fridays. On Saturdays: 73%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,224 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

HRL–HOU flights arrived on time 70% 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
  • Mon85%(184 flights)
  • Tue76%(180 flights)
  • Wed79%(178 flights)
  • Thu83%(182 flights)
  • Fri85%(187 flights)
  • Sat73%(127 flights)
  • Sun82%(180 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(123 flights)
  • 6–9 AM97%(241 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(256 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(180 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(167 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(251 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 72% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%108
July 202577%115
August 202580%112
September 202590%112
October 202586%118
November 202586%105
December 202586%106
January 202690%91
February 202687%87
March 202659%90
April 202679%86
May 202673%88

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Based on 1,224 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.