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Route Reliability

MOB → Houston

MOB–IAH · 427 miles · MOB Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,456
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 1,456 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

MOB–IAH flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 80% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

MOB–IAH flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 81%.

Recent months have been rougher.

MOB–IAH flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% 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%(209 flights)
  • Tue88%(204 flights)
  • Wed89%(207 flights)
  • Thu84%(207 flights)
  • Fri83%(209 flights)
  • Sat81%(193 flights)
  • Sun88%(205 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(404 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(609 flights)
  • 12–3 PM92%(37 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(375 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(9 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 67% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%115
July 202583%120
August 202587%120
September 202596%117
October 202589%130
November 202587%139
December 202585%119
January 202691%110
February 202694%108
March 202683%117
April 202689%115
May 202677%124

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Based on 1,456 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.