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Route Reliability

Richmond → Houston

RIC–IAH · 1,157 miles · Richmond International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
706
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 706 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RIC–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

RIC–IAH flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 73% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

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
  • Mon75%(102 flights)
  • Tue91%(98 flights)
  • Wed90%(97 flights)
  • Thu84%(101 flights)
  • Fri82%(103 flights)
  • Sat73%(94 flights)
  • Sun83%(102 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(357 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(340 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 67% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%57
July 202577%60
August 202575%60
September 202595%56
October 202587%62
November 202581%59
December 202578%60
January 202685%47
February 202692%52
March 202686%62
April 202687%60
May 202682%62

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Based on 706 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.