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Route Reliability

Fort Myers → Houston

RSW–IAH · 861 miles · Southwest Florida International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min early
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
882
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 882 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RSW–IAH flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RSW–IAH flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 85%.

Slipping a little lately.

RSW–IAH flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon87%(127 flights)
  • Tue85%(120 flights)
  • Wed92%(126 flights)
  • Thu89%(128 flights)
  • Fri87%(126 flights)
  • Sat85%(121 flights)
  • Sun85%(130 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(246 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM95%(277 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(355 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 71% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%59
July 202579%61
August 202576%50
September 202575%36
October 202594%67
November 202590%88
December 202586%92
January 202697%92
February 202694%78
March 202688%89
April 202691%86
May 202689%80

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Based on 882 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.