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Route Reliability

Tampa → Houston

TPA–HOU · 781 miles · Tampa International Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,030
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,030 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–HOU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

TPA–HOU flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Slipping a little lately.

TPA–HOU flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(154 flights)
  • Tue90%(136 flights)
  • Wed86%(132 flights)
  • Thu80%(148 flights)
  • Fri83%(155 flights)
  • Sat82%(137 flights)
  • Sun79%(159 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(225 flights)
  • 6–9 AM96%(138 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(118 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(178 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(25 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(313 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(24 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 79% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%86
July 202585%93
August 202588%80
September 202587%77
October 202576%79
November 202580%81
December 202580%81
January 202689%87
February 202685%84
March 202674%90
April 202687%90
May 202677%93

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Based on 1,030 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.