Flights Honolulu → Houston
HNL → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Honolulu to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 89%. Over the course of 89 flights, the average delay was just 1.5 minutes, indicating reliable service. The Boeing 767-400 aircraft serves this busy route connecting two major cities, with the destination airport handling nearly 40 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 Honolulu (HNL) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.4/100 (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 Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Honolulu (HNL) to Houston (IAH) heads north-east for about 6,273 km, a flight time of roughly 8h 16m.
Departures from Honolulu on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of HNL-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Honolulu the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked HNL-IAH flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
Airlines operating HNL-IAH
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Frequently asked questions about HNL-IAH
On the Honolulu (HNL) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Honolulu-Houston is 0.83% 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.
