Flights Houston → Charlotte
IAH → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Charlotte operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 81%. Over the course of a year, it sees a total of 722 flights using various aircraft models including Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s. The destination airport serves over 47 million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub.
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) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines, United Airlines. Across 946 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.90%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Charlotte (CLT) heads north-east for about 1,467 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of IAH-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 946 tracked IAH-CLT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 16 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) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-CLT
On the Houston (IAH) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 946 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Charlotte is 1.90% across 946 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
