Flights Houston → Brownsville
IAH → BRO
How long is the flight from Houston to Brownsville?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Brownsville (BRO) takes 54 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 4 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 Brownsville operates with a high level of punctuality, with 87% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 352 total flights along this route, each experiencing an average delay of just 5.2 minutes. The destination airport sees approximately 217,195 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) → Brownsville (BRO) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 894 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Brownsville the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Brownsville: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Brownsville (BRO) heads south-west for about 497 km, a flight time of roughly 54m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of IAH-BRO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Brownsville it is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 894 tracked IAH-BRO flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.1% 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-BRO
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Brownsville (BRO) takes 54 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 4 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Brownsville (BRO) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 894 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Brownsville is 1.12% across 894 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.
