Flights Detroit → Houston
DTW → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Houston operates with an average on-time performance rate of 81%, experiencing a mean delay of 11.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 692 flights using a variety of aircraft including Boeing 717s, Airbus A320s, Airbus A319s, and Boeing 737-700s, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 40,979,422 passengers.
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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Detroit (DTW) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines. Across 897 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 1,731 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 35m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of DTW-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 897 tracked DTW-IAH flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flights on this route
Check the risk of a specific flight.
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
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% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
Airlines operating DTW-IAH
Airports
Frequently asked questions about DTW-IAH
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 897 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Houston is 2.01% across 897 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Houston, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
