Flights Hobbs → Houston
HOB → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Hobbs to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 27.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, connecting to a destination airport that handles 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 Hobbs (HOB) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.2/100 (low), 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 Hobbs the average ATFM delay is 0.7 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Hobbs (HOB) to Houston (IAH) heads east for about 806 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 26m.
Departures from Hobbs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 74% of HOB-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Hobbs the average ATFM delay is 0.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked HOB-IAH flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 1.7% 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 HOB-IAH
On the Hobbs (HOB) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Hobbs-Houston is 1.67% across 120 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.
