Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Houston
DFW → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston operates with a high frequency of 417 flights, utilizing the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, these flights experience an average delay of 20.1 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States which handles over 13.9 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 589 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Houston (HOU) heads south-east for about 398 km, a flight time of roughly 55m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of DFW-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 589 tracked DFW-HOU flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 4.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-HOU
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 589 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Houston is 4.75% across 589 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
