Flights Houston → Charlotte
HOU → CLT
Route overview
The flight route operates between Houston and Charlotte, utilizing a Boeing 737-300 aircraft. The destination airport in Charlotte sees an annual passenger traffic of 47,758,605 passengers, indicating it is a major hub for air travel.
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) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 3 flights monitored in recent months, 67% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Charlotte (CLT) heads north-east for about 1,479 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of HOU-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 3 tracked HOU-CLT flights, 67% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
Airlines operating HOU-CLT
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Frequently asked questions about HOU-CLT
On the Houston (HOU) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 67% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 3 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Charlotte is 0.00% across 3 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.
