Flights Birmingham → Houston
BHM → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 89%, with an average delay of 6.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 366 flights, connecting to a destination airport that handles approximately 40,979,422 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 Birmingham (BHM) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 468 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24/100 (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 (IAH) heads south-west for about 904 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 65% of BHM-IAH 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 468 tracked BHM-IAH flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about BHM-IAH
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 468 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Houston is 2.78% across 468 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
