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Route Reliability

Valparaiso → Houston

VPS–HOU · 527 miles · Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport to William P. Hobby Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
252
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 252 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

VPS–HOU flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 75% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

VPS–HOU flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Sundays. On Wednesdays: 73%.

Recent months have been rougher.

VPS–HOU flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(40 flights)
  • Tue79%(24 flights)
  • Wed73%(22 flights)
  • Thu74%(38 flights)
  • Fri74%(42 flights)
  • Sat80%(40 flights)
  • Sun82%(44 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(13 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(39 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(70 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(128 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 53% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202553%30
July 202555%31
August 202587%23
September 202591%21
October 202587%30
November 202594%17
December 202587%15
March 202690%19
April 202679%29
May 202674%31

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Based on 252 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.