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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Houston

SMF–HOU · 1,624 miles · Sacramento International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SMF–HOU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 68% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SMF–HOU flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

SMF–HOU flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(52 flights)
  • Tue77%(52 flights)
  • Wed88%(51 flights)
  • Thu75%(51 flights)
  • Fri65%(51 flights)
  • Sat82%(50 flights)
  • Sun71%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(43 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(61 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(47 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(208 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 59% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%29
July 202568%31
August 202570%30
September 202593%30
October 202568%31
November 202589%28
December 202561%31
January 202693%30
February 202682%27
March 202681%31
April 202667%30
May 202674%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 364 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.