Flights Cincinnati → Houston
CVG → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Cincinnati to Houston operates with a high on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of just 5.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 255 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 900 and 700 aircraft models, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 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 Cincinnati (CVG) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 317 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.26%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (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 Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cincinnati (CVG) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 1,402 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 10m.
Departures from Cincinnati on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of CVG-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 317 tracked CVG-IAH flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about CVG-IAH
On the Cincinnati (CVG) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 317 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cincinnati-Houston is 1.26% across 317 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
