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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Houston

MSP–IAH · 1,034 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
2,229
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines87%933 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines77%1,296 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

MSP–IAH flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 76%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 77%.

Ticking up lately.

MSP–IAH flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon80%(327 flights)
  • Tue85%(312 flights)
  • Wed85%(323 flights)
  • Thu82%(325 flights)
  • Fri82%(325 flights)
  • Sat76%(258 flights)
  • Sun79%(315 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(25 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(662 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(265 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(576 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(263 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(394 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 66% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%192
July 202575%197
August 202579%199
September 202590%192
October 202585%199
November 202581%182
December 202569%168
January 202684%153
February 202691%139
March 202682%179
April 202687%185
May 202689%200

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Based on 2,229 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.