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Route Reliability

Houston → Austin

IAHAUS · 140 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
2,859
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 2,859 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAH–AUS flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–AUS flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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
  • Mon79%(410 flights)
  • Tue84%(383 flights)
  • Wed82%(410 flights)
  • Thu78%(412 flights)
  • Fri80%(408 flights)
  • Sat80%(385 flights)
  • Sun73%(417 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(357 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(456 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(629 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(358 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(721 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(304 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 63% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%232
July 202570%236
August 202578%243
September 202588%238
October 202581%239
November 202574%227
December 202581%241
January 202686%236
February 202690%219
March 202680%239
April 202685%236
May 202677%239

Based on 2,859 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.