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Route Reliability

Houston → Baltimore

IAHBWI · 1,235 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,415
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines79%915 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines77%412 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (88 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAH–BWI flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 62% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAH–BWI flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Not much between United Airlines and Spirit Airlines.

On this route they all land within 77% to 79% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Recent months have been rougher.

IAH–BWI flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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
  • Mon78%(214 flights)
  • Tue81%(176 flights)
  • Wed80%(188 flights)
  • Thu81%(231 flights)
  • Fri75%(224 flights)
  • Sat72%(156 flights)
  • Sun71%(201 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM78%(120 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(384 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(43 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(350 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(74 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(406 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM69%(13 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 66% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%110
July 202562%121
August 202571%115
September 202583%122
October 202580%128
November 202586%133
December 202577%105
January 202688%112
February 202688%101
March 202669%111
April 202682%120
May 202673%112

Based on 1,415 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.