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Route Reliability

Wichita → Houston

ICTIAH · 542 miles · Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
1,408
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 1,408 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ICT–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 78% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

ICT–IAH flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

ICT–IAH flights arrived on time 85% 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
  • Mon83%(211 flights)
  • Tue87%(189 flights)
  • Wed88%(187 flights)
  • Thu87%(214 flights)
  • Fri79%(214 flights)
  • Sat80%(176 flights)
  • Sun81%(191 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(7 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(381 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(146 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(393 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(453 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 60% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202560%121
July 202580%132
August 202584%119
September 202592%94
October 202587%121
November 202585%132
December 202587%118
January 202686%117
February 202695%97
March 202689%105
April 202684%100
May 202682%126

Based on 1,408 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.