Flights Cleveland → Houston
CLE → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Cleveland to Houston features a high on-time performance rate of 94%, with an average delay of just 2.2 minutes across the total of 250 flights recorded. The aircraft used for this route include Airbus A319, Boeing 737-700, Airbus A320, and Boeing 737-800 models, serving a destination airport that 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 Cleveland (CLE) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 342 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.1/100 (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 Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 1,756 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 37m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of CLE-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 342 tracked CLE-IAH flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.2% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLE-IAH
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 342 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-Houston is 1.17% across 342 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.
