Flights Houston → Cincinnati
IAH → CVG
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Cincinnati operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the course of the year, approximately 255 flights are conducted using Canadair Regional Jet models 900 and 700, with each flight experiencing an average delay of just under ten minutes.
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) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 318 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 1.26%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads north-east for about 1,402 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 10m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 38% of IAH-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 318 tracked IAH-CVG flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-CVG
On the Houston (IAH) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 318 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Cincinnati is 1.26% across 318 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
