Flights Harlingen → Houston
HRL → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Harlingen to Houston operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, and flights typically experience a mean delay of 12 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 263 flights using either Boeing 737-500 or Boeing 737-300 aircraft, serving a busy destination airport that handles nearly 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 Harlingen (HRL) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 378 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (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 Harlingen the average ATFM delay is 3.3 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Harlingen (HRL) to Houston (HOU) heads north-east for about 446 km, a flight time of roughly 59m.
Departures from Harlingen on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of HRL-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Harlingen the average ATFM delay is 3.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 378 tracked HRL-HOU flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about HRL-HOU
On the Harlingen (HRL) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 378 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Harlingen-Houston is 0.00% across 378 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
