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Route Reliability

Tulsa → Houston

TULIAH · 429 miles · Tulsa International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
2,116
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 2,116 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

TUL–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 77% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

TUL–IAH flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 82%.

Recent months have been rougher.

TUL–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
  • Mon83%(319 flights)
  • Tue88%(295 flights)
  • Wed86%(302 flights)
  • Thu89%(310 flights)
  • Fri82%(316 flights)
  • Sat84%(241 flights)
  • Sun84%(293 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM89%(71 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(466 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(418 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(331 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(677 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(113 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 72% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%198
July 202582%183
August 202587%175
September 202592%142
October 202589%156
November 202584%192
December 202586%181
January 202691%170
February 202696%149
March 202685%176
April 202684%171
May 202680%183

Based on 2,116 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.