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Route Reliability

Oakland → Houston

OAK–HOU · 1,642 miles · Oakland International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
376
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 376 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

OAK–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 63% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

OAK–HOU flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 75%.

Recent months have been rougher.

OAK–HOU flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(50 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed82%(51 flights)
  • Thu82%(51 flights)
  • Fri75%(52 flights)
  • Sat81%(57 flights)
  • Sun83%(57 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(86 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(146 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(31 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(101 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 66% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%29
July 202577%31
August 202580%30
September 202590%30
October 202579%34
November 202590%31
December 202594%33
January 202694%32
February 202678%27
March 202681%32
April 202673%30
May 202684%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 376 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.