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Route Reliability

Houston → Las Vegas

IAHLAS · 1,222 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
3,485
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines84%2,607 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines82%587 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines70%291 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAH–LAS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 75% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAH–LAS flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 78%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 70%.

Recent months have been rougher.

IAH–LAS flights arrived on time 82% 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%(517 flights)
  • Tue88%(420 flights)
  • Wed89%(459 flights)
  • Thu81%(519 flights)
  • Fri78%(523 flights)
  • Sat85%(472 flights)
  • Sun80%(541 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(3 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(476 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(600 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(753 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(480 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(804 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM76%(335 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 71% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%281
July 202577%289
August 202580%283
September 202584%254
October 202583%291
November 202580%311
December 202591%307
January 202688%280
February 202692%287
March 202685%315
April 202679%291
May 202682%262

Based on 3,485 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.