HOU → ATL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Houston, TX to Atlanta, GA · 1,501 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 77 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 53% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from HOU to ATL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on HOU → ATL (1,501 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,13876%
16-30 min14810%
31-60 min1148%
61-120 min725%
2+ hrs201%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713674%+12 min
2025-0813277%+7 min
2025-0912991%-3 min
2025-1013284%+7 min
2025-1113382%+7 min
2025-1213378%+7 min
2026-0112084%-2 min
2026-0210278%+6 min
2026-0311755%+24 min
2026-0411979%+6 min
2026-0512363%+13 min
2026-0611666%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22974%
Tue21679%
Wed21078%
Thu22477%
Fri22778%
Sat16378%
Sun22371%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…