Route Reliability
Palm Springs → Houston
PSP–IAH · 1,269 miles · Palm Springs International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.7%
- Cancelled
- 236
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 236 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Departure time hasn't mattered much.
On-time rates stay between 81% and 82% across the day.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
PSP–IAH flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon78%(37 flights)
- Tue95%(20 flights)
- Wed86%(35 flights)
- Thu82%(34 flights)
- Fri90%(38 flights)
- Sat74%(34 flights)
- Sun74%(34 flights)
- 6–9 AM81%(48 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
- 12–3 PM82%(183 flights)
94%
May
Nov 85% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | 85% | 27 |
| December 2025 | 82% | 28 |
| January 2026 | 80% | 25 |
| February 2026 | 91% | 42 |
| March 2026 | 74% | 57 |
| April 2026 | 78% | 36 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 17 |
Keep nerding
Based on 236 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.