Flights Houston → Boston
IAH → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Boston operates with a high frequency of 422 flights, using various aircraft models including the Boeing 737 series and Airbus A320 family. With an on-time performance rate of 78%, these flights experience an average delay of 11.7 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 36,090,716 passengers per year.
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) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 552 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 2,567 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 38m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of IAH-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 552 tracked IAH-BOS flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 3.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-BOS
On the Houston (IAH) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 552 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Boston is 3.44% across 552 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.
