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Route Reliability

Houston → Charlotte

IAHCLT · 912 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
2,875
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,047 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines82%1,630 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines66%198 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–CLT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 84% on time on Tuesdays against 79% on Mondays.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 66%.

Recent months have been rougher.

IAH–CLT flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% 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%(436 flights)
  • Tue84%(373 flights)
  • Wed83%(373 flights)
  • Thu82%(426 flights)
  • Fri80%(436 flights)
  • Sat81%(339 flights)
  • Sun83%(434 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(893 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(375 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(618 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(432 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(497 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 70% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%243
July 202569%246
August 202576%233
September 202591%229
October 202586%243
November 202586%231
December 202588%228
January 202692%202
February 202689%215
March 202677%245
April 202679%248
May 202680%254

Based on 2,875 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.