Flights Houston → Baton Rouge
IAH → BTR
How long is the flight from Houston to Baton Rouge?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Baton Rouge (BTR) takes 49 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Baton Rouge has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 9.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 581 flights, serving the busy Baton Rouge airport which handles nearly 750,000 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 (IAH) → Baton Rouge (BTR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1353 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.92%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baton Rouge the average ATFM delay is 3.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Baton Rouge: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Baton Rouge (BTR) heads east for about 407 km, a flight time of roughly 49m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of IAH-BTR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Baton Rouge it is 3.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 1,353 tracked IAH-BTR flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-BTR
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Baton Rouge (BTR) takes 49 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Baton Rouge (BTR) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 1353 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Baton Rouge is 1.92% across 1353 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.
