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Route Reliability

Kansas City → Houston

MCIIAH · 643 miles · Kansas City International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,526
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 1,526 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MCI–IAH flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 78% between 12–3 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

MCI–IAH flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 81%.

Recent months have been rougher.

MCI–IAH flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% 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
  • Mon86%(222 flights)
  • Tue88%(209 flights)
  • Wed93%(212 flights)
  • Thu83%(227 flights)
  • Fri84%(227 flights)
  • Sat81%(186 flights)
  • Sun85%(218 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(711 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(116 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(80 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(496 flights)
  • 6–9 PM86%(98 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 75% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%110
July 202586%110
August 202585%116
September 202592%117
October 202586%127
November 202585%134
December 202588%131
January 202690%136
February 202696%130
March 202684%137
April 202682%134
May 202680%119

Based on 1,526 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.