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Route Reliability

Houston → Aspen

IAHASE · 913 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
598
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 598 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–ASE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 65% between 12–3 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

IAH–ASE flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays and just 69% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

IAH–ASE flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon71%(78 flights)
  • Tue87%(71 flights)
  • Wed86%(72 flights)
  • Thu79%(82 flights)
  • Fri72%(79 flights)
  • Sat69%(85 flights)
  • Sun70%(76 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(31 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(191 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(161 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(27 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(133 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 50% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202550%28
July 202564%50
August 202562%45
September 202583%30
October 202595%20
December 202569%65
January 202680%85
February 202672%74
March 202689%102
April 202687%23
May 202686%21

Based on 598 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.