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Route Reliability

Tampa → Houston

TPAIAH · 787 miles · Tampa International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,717
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines87%1,375 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines76%181 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines69%161 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TPA–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 52% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

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

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 69%.

Slipping a little lately.

TPA–IAH flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% 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%(256 flights)
  • Tue88%(218 flights)
  • Wed87%(212 flights)
  • Thu84%(254 flights)
  • Fri81%(251 flights)
  • Sat87%(241 flights)
  • Sun80%(272 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(8 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(420 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(708 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(110 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(408 flights)
  • 6–9 PM52%(44 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 72% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%169
July 202578%177
August 202578%149
September 202595%135
October 202584%124
November 202588%147
December 202586%148
January 202689%145
February 202697%115
March 202687%137
April 202684%135
May 202681%123

Based on 1,717 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.