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Route Reliability

HRL → Houston

HRLIAH · 295 miles · HRL Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
1,418
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 1,418 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

HRL–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 85% on time on Sundays against 81% on Fridays.

Recent months have been rougher.

HRL–IAH flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(201 flights)
  • Tue83%(202 flights)
  • Wed83%(199 flights)
  • Thu83%(204 flights)
  • Fri81%(203 flights)
  • Sat83%(193 flights)
  • Sun85%(198 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(208 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(325 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(172 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(347 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(348 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 76% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%114
July 202579%123
August 202581%123
September 202588%120
October 202582%124
November 202580%112
December 202585%119
January 202697%113
February 202692%101
March 202680%118
April 202682%120
May 202679%113

Based on 1,418 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.