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Route Reliability

Bentonville → Houston

XNA–IAH · 438 miles · Northwest Arkansas National Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,426
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 1,426 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

XNA–IAH flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 74% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

XNA–IAH flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 81%.

Slipping a little lately.

XNA–IAH flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 89% 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
  • Mon82%(207 flights)
  • Tue86%(204 flights)
  • Wed90%(190 flights)
  • Thu84%(197 flights)
  • Fri83%(208 flights)
  • Sat81%(188 flights)
  • Sun86%(204 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(357 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(673 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(2 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(339 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(27 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 69% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%117
July 202587%112
August 202592%117
September 202591%112
October 202586%128
November 202581%138
December 202589%109
January 202685%110
February 202692%105
March 202682%111
April 202684%120
May 202679%119

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Based on 1,426 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.