Route Reliability
VCT → Houston
VCT–IAH · 123 miles · VCT Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 29 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.2%
- Cancelled
- 601
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 601 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
VCT–IAH flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 69% between 3–6 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
VCT–IAH flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Recent months have been rougher.
VCT–IAH flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% 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
- Mon81%(89 flights)
- Tue92%(61 flights)
- Wed76%(90 flights)
- Thu75%(89 flights)
- Fri80%(90 flights)
- Sat78%(68 flights)
- Sun82%(94 flights)
- 3–6 AM86%(321 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM—(2 flights)
- 3–6 PM69%(192 flights)
- 6–9 PM80%(66 flights)
Jun 78% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 78% | 49 |
| July 2025 | 75% | 56 |
| September 2025 | 78% | 45 |
| October 2025 | 65% | 54 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 55 |
| December 2025 | 82% | 55 |
| January 2026 | 88% | 50 |
| February 2026 | 92% | 50 |
| March 2026 | 76% | 58 |
| April 2026 | 82% | 50 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 52 |
Keep nerding
Based on 601 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.