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Route Reliability

Houston → Omaha

IAH–OMA · 781 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Eppley Airfield

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,026
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 1,026 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

IAH–OMA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAH–OMA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–OMA flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(146 flights)
  • Tue83%(145 flights)
  • Wed79%(144 flights)
  • Thu76%(144 flights)
  • Fri81%(146 flights)
  • Sat77%(145 flights)
  • Sun69%(146 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(324 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(38 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(284 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(370 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 58% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202558%87
July 202569%91
August 202566%80
September 202582%60
October 202578%68
November 202576%88
December 202582%93
January 202690%93
February 202689%83
March 202676%90
April 202684%90
May 202682%93

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Based on 1,026 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.