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Route Reliability

Houston → LCH

IAH–LCH · 127 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to LCH Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
903
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 903 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

12–3 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, against 78% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAH–LCH flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Tuesdays and just 76% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

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
  • Mon76%(137 flights)
  • Tue93%(117 flights)
  • Wed83%(128 flights)
  • Thu86%(135 flights)
  • Fri76%(135 flights)
  • Sat84%(104 flights)
  • Sun77%(130 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM85%(358 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(176 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(352 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 56% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%75
July 202579%75
August 202580%78
September 202592%78
October 202590%88
November 202583%81
December 202571%62
January 202685%60
February 202694%53
March 202691%63
April 202685%89
May 202677%84

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Based on 903 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.