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Route Reliability

MAF → Houston

MAFIAH · 429 miles · MAF Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
2,318
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 2,318 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MAF–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 87% on time on Wednesdays against 81% on Mondays.

Recent months have been rougher.

MAF–IAH flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% 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
  • Mon81%(343 flights)
  • Tue82%(350 flights)
  • Wed87%(346 flights)
  • Thu86%(343 flights)
  • Fri83%(342 flights)
  • Sat85%(230 flights)
  • Sun82%(329 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(319 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(356 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(354 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(433 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(528 flights)
  • 6–9 PM85%(293 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 73% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%184
July 202582%195
August 202583%200
September 202590%200
October 202585%205
November 202585%192
December 202584%166
January 202690%163
February 202692%177
March 202680%201
April 202686%201
May 202677%199

Based on 2,318 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.