Flights Birmingham → Houston
BHM → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 81%. Over the course of the year, there have been 111 flights along this route, with an average delay time of 7.6 minutes per flight. The destination airport in Houston serves over 13.9 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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 Birmingham (BHM) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 151 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.66%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.5/100 (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 Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Houston (HOU) heads south-west for about 917 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 34m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of BHM-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 151 tracked BHM-HOU flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.7% 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 BHM-HOU
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 151 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Houston is 0.66% across 151 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.
