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Route Reliability

Houston → Cincinnati

IAHCVG · 871 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
1,064
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines81% on time · 1,012 flights
  • Frontier Airlines80% on time · 52 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAH–CVG flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAH–CVG flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–CVG 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
  • Mon78%(156 flights)
  • Tue87%(135 flights)
  • Wed86%(141 flights)
  • Thu83%(170 flights)
  • Fri74%(154 flights)
  • Sat78%(125 flights)
  • Sun80%(171 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(299 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(3 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(380 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(4 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(359 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 75% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%98
July 202577%96
August 202577%90
September 202580%84
October 202582%96
November 202579%98
December 202576%74
January 202697%72
February 202686%73
March 202678%89
April 202683%90
May 202682%92

Based on 1,064 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.