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Route Reliability

MFE → Houston

MFE–IAH · 316 miles · MFE Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
2,196
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 2,196 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MFE–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 88% on time on Tuesdays against 82% on Mondays.

Recent months have been rougher.

MFE–IAH flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% 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
  • Mon82%(308 flights)
  • Tue88%(305 flights)
  • Wed84%(318 flights)
  • Thu84%(310 flights)
  • Fri84%(325 flights)
  • Sat85%(289 flights)
  • Sun85%(307 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(314 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(362 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(326 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(558 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(344 flights)
  • 6–9 PM88%(258 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 72% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%192
July 202582%184
August 202582%192
September 202592%193
October 202588%208
November 202588%185
December 202589%212
January 202693%137
February 202696%123
March 202680%173
April 202678%175
May 202677%188

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Based on 2,196 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.