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Route Reliability

Miami → Houston

MIA–HOU · 955 miles · Miami International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
292
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 292 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MIA–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MIA–HOU flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Thursdays and just 57% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

MIA–HOU flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 57% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(39 flights)
  • Tue83%(24 flights)
  • Wed83%(23 flights)
  • Thu87%(37 flights)
  • Fri84%(43 flights)
  • Sat60%(68 flights)
  • Sun57%(54 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(64 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(49 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(8 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(53 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(113 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 76% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%38
July 202576%38
August 202571%28
September 202568%25
October 202576%21
November 202540%20
December 202556%18
March 202681%26
April 202697%30
May 202668%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 292 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.