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Route Reliability

Pensacola → Houston

PNS–IAH · 489 miles · Pensacola International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.3%
Cancelled
1,586
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines86% on time · 1,576 flights
  • Spirit Airlines100% on time · 10 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PNS–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 78% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

PNS–IAH flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 81%.

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
  • Mon81%(229 flights)
  • Tue88%(217 flights)
  • Wed90%(214 flights)
  • Thu85%(224 flights)
  • Fri84%(224 flights)
  • Sat86%(230 flights)
  • Sun87%(226 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(418 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(577 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(8 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(561 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 73% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%138
July 202584%152
August 202581%139
September 202592%120
October 202586%127
November 202587%138
December 202587%150
January 202686%127
February 202695%111
March 202688%120
April 202692%119
May 202683%123

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Based on 1,586 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.