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Route Reliability

Houston → Memphis

IAHMEM · 468 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Memphis International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,691
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 1,691 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–MEM flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 54% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

IAH–MEM flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–MEM flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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%(253 flights)
  • Tue82%(216 flights)
  • Wed85%(238 flights)
  • Thu84%(255 flights)
  • Fri73%(244 flights)
  • Sat79%(209 flights)
  • Sun78%(250 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(361 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM67%(21 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(511 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(277 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(481 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM54%(13 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 60% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%132
July 202575%130
August 202572%129
September 202593%134
October 202587%155
November 202581%165
December 202581%154
January 202684%109
February 202686%125
March 202683%143
April 202676%141
May 202681%148

Based on 1,691 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.