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Route Reliability

Houston → San Antonio

IAHSAT · 191 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Antonio International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
2,895
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 2,895 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

IAH–SAT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 75% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

IAH–SAT flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

IAH–SAT flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% 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
  • Mon78%(409 flights)
  • Tue89%(416 flights)
  • Wed84%(404 flights)
  • Thu81%(401 flights)
  • Fri81%(409 flights)
  • Sat86%(407 flights)
  • Sun82%(416 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(347 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(470 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(619 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(352 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(718 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(356 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 71% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%228
July 202574%243
August 202579%247
September 202588%239
October 202585%248
November 202585%231
December 202586%244
January 202689%236
February 202692%218
March 202683%242
April 202683%240
May 202683%246

Based on 2,895 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.