Route Reliability
Houston → Santa Ana
IAH–SNA · 1,346 miles · George Bush Intercontinental Airport to John Wayne Airport
- 88%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0.2%
- Cancelled
- 1,094
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 1,094 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
IAH–SNA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 84% between 12–3 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
IAH–SNA flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Tuesdays and just 80% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 1,094 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.
Slipping a little lately.
IAH–SNA flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 94% 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
- Mon88%(153 flights)
- Tue97%(155 flights)
- Wed91%(153 flights)
- Thu83%(153 flights)
- Fri88%(153 flights)
- Sat87%(154 flights)
- Sun80%(158 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM93%(414 flights)
- 12–3 PM84%(309 flights)
- 6–9 PM85%(355 flights)
Jun 79% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 86 |
| July 2025 | 80% | 90 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 89 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 90 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 92 |
| November 2025 | 85% | 87 |
| December 2025 | 97% | 93 |
| January 2026 | 93% | 93 |
| February 2026 | 94% | 84 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 93 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 90 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 92 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 1,094 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.