Flights Houston → Raleigh-durham
HOU → RDU
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Raleigh-Durham operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 74%, with an average delay of 10.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 14,523,996 passengers travel through the destination airport, indicating significant traffic and demand for air services along this route.
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) → Raleigh-durham (RDU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 98 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Raleigh-durham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Raleigh-durham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Raleigh-durham (RDU) heads north-east for about 1,688 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 32m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 81% of HOU-RDU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Raleigh-durham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 98 tracked HOU-RDU flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.0% 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-RDU
On the Houston (HOU) -> Raleigh-durham (RDU) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 98 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Raleigh-durham is 1.02% across 98 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.
