Flights Charlotte → Houston
CLT → HOU
Route overview
The flight route operates from Charlotte to Houston using a Boeing 737-300 aircraft. The destination airport in Houston sees over thirteen million passengers per year, indicating high traffic and demand for air travel between these two cities.
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 Charlotte (CLT) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 3 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 6.6/100 (low), 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 Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Houston (HOU) heads west for about 1,479 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of CLT-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 3 tracked CLT-HOU flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of -2 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating CLT-HOU
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-HOU
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of -2 minutes, based on 3 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Houston is 0.00% across 3 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.
