HOU → MEM Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Houston, TX to Memphis, TN · 818 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 86% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 50% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+38 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on HOU → MEM (818 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +38 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time60174%
16-30 min10012%
31-60 min658%
61-120 min314%
2+ hrs111%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076968%+13 min
2025-086772%+12 min
2025-096990%+1 min
2025-107976%+6 min
2025-115472%+16 min
2025-126082%+2 min
2026-015485%-2 min
2026-025281%+1 min
2026-038164%+19 min
2026-047472%+9 min
2026-057476%+6 min
2026-067563%+20 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13674%
Tue11779%
Wed11575%
Thu13770%
Fri13478%
Sat5573%
Sun11473%

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