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Route Reliability

Houston → Cleveland

IAH–CLE · 1,091 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,030
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 1,030 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAH–CLE flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAH–CLE flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–CLE flights arrived on time 86% 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%(154 flights)
  • Tue88%(146 flights)
  • Wed91%(147 flights)
  • Thu89%(154 flights)
  • Fri88%(154 flights)
  • Sat87%(115 flights)
  • Sun79%(150 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(359 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(231 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(78 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(352 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 79% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%86
July 202578%88
August 202581%89
September 202592%85
October 202594%89
November 202583%83
December 202589%89
January 202691%77
February 202692%75
March 202680%86
April 202688%86
May 202691%87

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Based on 1,030 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.