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Route Reliability

Omaha → Houston

OMA–HOU · 804 miles · Eppley Airfield to William P. Hobby Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
387
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 387 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

OMA–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

OMA–HOU flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays and just 73% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

OMA–HOU flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(52 flights)
  • Tue85%(52 flights)
  • Wed89%(52 flights)
  • Thu79%(52 flights)
  • Fri78%(51 flights)
  • Sat82%(61 flights)
  • Sun75%(65 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(94 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(6 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(90 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(185 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 79% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%38
July 202569%39
August 202588%33
September 202590%30
October 202586%35
November 202584%31
December 202585%33
January 202686%28
February 202693%27
March 202673%30
April 202670%30
May 202661%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 387 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.