Route Reliability
Los Angeles → Houston
LAX–HOU · 1,390 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.3%
- Cancelled
- 1,193
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 1,193 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
LAX–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
LAX–HOU flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays. On Fridays: 70%.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 1,193 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.
Recent months have been rougher.
LAX–HOU flights arrived on time 61% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon75%(183 flights)
- Tue80%(166 flights)
- Wed80%(163 flights)
- Thu74%(179 flights)
- Fri70%(182 flights)
- Sat83%(143 flights)
- Sun75%(171 flights)
- 3–6 AM96%(274 flights)
- 6–9 AM71%(83 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM77%(97 flights)
- 12–3 PM65%(310 flights)
- 3–6 PM72%(94 flights)
- 6–9 PM60%(88 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM80%(241 flights)
Jun 82% → May 64% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 82% | 108 |
| July 2025 | 77% | 114 |
| August 2025 | 88% | 100 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 99 |
| October 2025 | 83% | 109 |
| November 2025 | 74% | 104 |
| December 2025 | 71% | 108 |
| January 2026 | 86% | 92 |
| February 2026 | 80% | 83 |
| March 2026 | 47% | 89 |
| April 2026 | 73% | 89 |
| May 2026 | 64% | 92 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 1,193 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.