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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → Houston

MKE–IAH · 984 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
890
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 890 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MKE–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

MKE–IAH flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 78%.

Ticking up lately.

MKE–IAH flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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
  • Mon85%(132 flights)
  • Tue88%(127 flights)
  • Wed85%(130 flights)
  • Thu83%(132 flights)
  • Fri80%(131 flights)
  • Sat78%(101 flights)
  • Sun78%(129 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(356 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(133 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(69 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(320 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 75% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%84
July 202579%92
August 202584%88
September 202598%85
October 202590%83
November 202581%58
December 202572%60
January 202672%57
February 202692%50
March 202683%58
April 202684%83
May 202679%84

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Based on 890 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.