Flights Houston → Baltimore
HOU → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Baltimore has a punctuality rate of 69%, with an average delay of 15.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 340 flights on this route, serving the busy Baltimore-Washington International Airport, which opened in 1947 and handles nearly 22.8 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 Houston (HOU) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 445 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Baltimore (BWI) heads north-east for about 2,003 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 55m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of HOU-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 445 tracked HOU-BWI flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.0% 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 HOU-BWI
On the Houston (HOU) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 445 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Baltimore is 2.02% across 445 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.
