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Route Reliability

MEI → Houston

MEI–IAH · 422 miles · MEI Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
627
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 627 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

MEI–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 76% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MEI–IAH flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Mondays and just 73% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

MEI–IAH flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(100 flights)
  • Tue85%(54 flights)
  • Wed87%(100 flights)
  • Thu88%(99 flights)
  • Fri82%(104 flights)
  • Sat75%(55 flights)
  • Sun73%(105 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(324 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(37 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(256 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 63% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%49
July 202579%52
August 202574%53
September 202592%51
October 202594%54
November 202576%50
December 202589%55
January 202686%50
February 202692%48
March 202688%50
April 202689%52
May 202674%53

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Based on 627 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.