Flights Houston → Bogota
IAH → BOG
How long is the flight from Houston to Bogota?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Bogota (BOG) takes 4h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route connects Houston to Bogotá, using a mix of Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 737-700 aircraft. Bogotá's airport serves over 36 million passengers annually, making it a major hub for air travel in South America.
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) → Bogota (BOG) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 14 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Bogota the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Bogota: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Bogota (BOG) heads south-east for about 3,585 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 25m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of IAH-BOG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Bogota it is 3.0 min (atfm).
Across 14 tracked IAH-BOG flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
Airlines operating IAH-BOG
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-BOG
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Bogota (BOG) takes 4h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Bogota (BOG) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 14 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Bogota is 0.00% across 14 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.
