Flights Austin → Houston
AUS → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with an average delay of 11.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 337 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles around 13,908,466 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 488 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.61%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Houston (HOU) heads east for about 238 km, a flight time of roughly 43m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of AUS-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 488 tracked AUS-HOU flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.6% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-HOU
On the Austin (AUS) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 488 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Houston is 0.61% across 488 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
