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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Houston

ORF–IAH · 1,201 miles · Norfolk International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min early
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 91% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORF–IAH flights arrived on time 98% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 84%.

Trending in the right direction.

ORF–IAH flights arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(51 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed92%(51 flights)
  • Thu98%(51 flights)
  • Fri96%(52 flights)
  • Sat94%(52 flights)
  • Sun84%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(358 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 86% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%28
July 202590%31
August 202597%31
September 2025100%30
October 202590%31
November 202597%30
December 202577%31
January 202680%30
February 202696%27
March 202697%29
April 202693%30
May 202694%31

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Based on 365 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.