Flights Houston → Jacksonville
HOU → JAX
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Jacksonville has a moderate on-time performance rate of 56%, with an average delay time of 17.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, there are 78 flights on this route, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 6,574,903 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) → Jacksonville (JAX) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 109 flights monitored in recent months, 65% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Jacksonville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Jacksonville (JAX) heads east for about 1,310 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 3m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 59% of HOU-JAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Jacksonville it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 109 tracked HOU-JAX flights, 65% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.9% 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-JAX
On the Houston (HOU) -> Jacksonville (JAX) route, on-time performance is 65% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 109 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Jacksonville is 0.92% across 109 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.
