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Route Reliability

New York → Houston

LGA–HOU · 1,428 miles · LaGuardia Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

69
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,359
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 1,359 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGA–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 53% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–HOU flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 65%.

Recent months have been rougher.

LGA–HOU flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(197 flights)
  • Tue76%(202 flights)
  • Wed75%(204 flights)
  • Thu72%(198 flights)
  • Fri74%(208 flights)
  • Sat69%(130 flights)
  • Sun65%(183 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(348 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(300 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(323 flights)
  • 3–6 PM53%(306 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(45 flights)
On-time trend by month
62%
May

Jun 59% → May 62% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%110
July 202567%112
August 202579%109
September 202582%108
October 202573%109
November 202565%109
December 202564%119
January 202684%110
February 202684%97
March 202675%107
April 202673%114
May 202662%118

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Based on 1,359 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.