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Route Reliability

Houston → Indianapolis

IAH–IND · 844 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Indianapolis International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
1,443
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 1,443 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–IND flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 85% on time on Thursdays against 80% on Mondays.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–IND flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% 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
  • Mon80%(204 flights)
  • Tue82%(203 flights)
  • Wed84%(205 flights)
  • Thu85%(204 flights)
  • Fri83%(205 flights)
  • Sat83%(199 flights)
  • Sun85%(207 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(351 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(13 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(348 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(328 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(387 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 67% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%116
July 202578%120
August 202578%123
September 202590%120
October 202582%124
November 202584%118
December 202588%120
January 202688%120
February 202692%108
March 202681%121
April 202687%120
May 202685%117

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Based on 1,443 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.