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Route Reliability

Houston → Pensacola

IAHPNS · 489 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Pensacola International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
1,586
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines79% on time · 1,576 flights
  • Spirit Airlines80% on time · 10 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

IAH–PNS flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 62% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

IAH–PNS flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–PNS flights arrived on time 79% 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%(225 flights)
  • Tue85%(210 flights)
  • Wed82%(222 flights)
  • Thu78%(221 flights)
  • Fri77%(226 flights)
  • Sat75%(229 flights)
  • Sun74%(228 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(358 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(572 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(83 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(501 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(47 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 64% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%140
July 202570%153
August 202574%140
September 202587%120
October 202584%128
November 202580%137
December 202581%146
January 202683%126
February 202687%111
March 202684%118
April 202679%119
May 202675%123

Based on 1,586 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.