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Route Reliability

VCT → Houston

VCTIAH · 123 miles · VCT Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon81%(89 flights)
  • Tue92%(61 flights)
  • Wed76%(90 flights)
  • Thu75%(89 flights)
  • Fri80%(90 flights)
  • Sat78%(68 flights)
  • Sun82%(94 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM86%(321 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(192 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(66 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 78% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%49
July 202575%56
September 202578%45
October 202565%54
November 202582%55
December 202582%55
January 202688%50
February 202692%50
March 202676%58
April 202682%50
May 202683%52

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.