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Route Reliability

San Antonio → Houston

SATIAH · 191 miles · San Antonio International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
2,894
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 2,894 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SAT–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 75% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SAT–IAH flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 80%.

Recent months have been rougher.

SAT–IAH flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 91% 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
  • Mon84%(408 flights)
  • Tue88%(407 flights)
  • Wed85%(404 flights)
  • Thu80%(402 flights)
  • Fri81%(412 flights)
  • Sat83%(405 flights)
  • Sun80%(416 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(348 flights)
  • 6–9 AM79%(359 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(661 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(424 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(607 flights)
  • 6–9 PM83%(455 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 74% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%228
July 202575%241
August 202579%245
September 202585%239
October 202577%247
November 202584%231
December 202588%241
January 202692%237
February 202693%219
March 202682%240
April 202683%240
May 202684%246

Based on 2,894 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.