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Route Reliability

West Palm Beach → Houston

PBI–IAH · 956 miles · Palm Beach International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
497
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 497 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PBI–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 73% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

PBI–IAH flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Saturdays: 79%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PBI–IAH flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(76 flights)
  • Tue90%(51 flights)
  • Wed90%(76 flights)
  • Thu82%(77 flights)
  • Fri80%(76 flights)
  • Sat79%(61 flights)
  • Sun82%(74 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(166 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(47 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(278 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 62% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%26
July 202560%25
August 202581%16
October 202583%35
November 202576%58
December 202586%65
January 202693%55
February 202698%48
March 202681%57
April 202688%51
May 202686%49

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 497 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.