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Route Reliability

MAF → Houston

MAF–HOU · 441 miles · MAF Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,355
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 1,355 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MAF–HOU flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 75% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 89% on time on Saturdays against 83% on Mondays.

Recent months have been rougher.

MAF–HOU flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(211 flights)
  • Tue84%(213 flights)
  • Wed85%(211 flights)
  • Thu88%(208 flights)
  • Fri88%(205 flights)
  • Sat89%(123 flights)
  • Sun86%(172 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM87%(23 flights)
  • 6–9 AM97%(294 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM97%(273 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(148 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(291 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(314 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 82% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%107
July 202582%114
August 202585%108
September 202594%108
October 202582%110
November 202582%113
December 202594%128
January 202695%110
February 202691%104
March 202679%115
April 202687%112
May 202678%114

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,355 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.