Flights Gulfport → Houston
GPT → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Gulfport to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of just 4.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 247 flights, connecting to one of the busiest airports in the United States, which serves approximately 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 Gulfport (GPT) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 308 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.7/100 (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 Gulfport the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Gulfport (GPT) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 604 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 11m.
Departures from Gulfport on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 44% of GPT-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Gulfport the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 308 tracked GPT-IAH flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 3.6% 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 GPT-IAH
On the Gulfport (GPT) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 308 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Gulfport-Houston is 3.57% across 308 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.
