Flights Charlotte → Houston
CLT → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 81%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 720 flights using various aircraft models including Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 series planes. The destination airport in Houston serves over 40 million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub.
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 (IAH) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 946 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.22%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.6/100 (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 Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 1,467 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of CLT-IAH 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 946 tracked CLT-IAH flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.2% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-IAH
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 946 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Houston is 2.22% across 946 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
