Flights Fort Lauderdale → Houston
FLL → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Houston operates with a high frequency of 801 flights, featuring an on-time performance rate of 76%. The average delay for these flights is approximately 16.8 minutes, and the aircraft types used include Boeing 737-700, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320. Houston's airport serves a large number of passengers annually, totaling 40,979,422.
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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1047 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.10%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (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 Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 1,552 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 22m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 32% of FLL-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,047 tracked FLL-IAH flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.1% 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 FLL-IAH
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 1047 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Houston is 2.10% across 1047 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.
