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Route Reliability

San Jose → Houston

SJC–HOU · 1,621 miles · San José Mineta International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

96
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 91% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SJC–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 73% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

SJC–HOU flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Sundays. On Mondays: 85%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 365 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

SJC–HOU flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 94% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(52 flights)
  • Tue94%(51 flights)
  • Wed92%(52 flights)
  • Thu86%(51 flights)
  • Fri92%(51 flights)
  • Sat94%(52 flights)
  • Sun96%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(291 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(30 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(41 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 93% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%30
July 202593%29
August 202597%31
September 2025100%30
October 202580%30
November 202597%30
December 202597%30
January 202694%31
February 202693%28
March 202691%32
April 202673%30
May 202690%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 365 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.