Flights Brownsville → Houston
BRO → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Brownsville to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time arrivals in 90% of its total 352 flights. With an average delay of only 3.7 minutes, this route is known for its reliability and efficiency, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the country, which sees over 40 million 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 Brownsville (BRO) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 476 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19/100 (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 Brownsville the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Brownsville (BRO) to Houston (IAH) heads north-east for about 497 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from Brownsville on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of BRO-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Brownsville the average ATFM delay is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 476 tracked BRO-IAH flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.7% 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 BRO-IAH
On the Brownsville (BRO) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 476 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Brownsville-Houston is 1.68% across 476 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.
