Flights Houston → Columbus
IAH → CMH
How long is the flight from Houston to Columbus?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Columbus (CMH) takes 2h 15m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 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 Columbus operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of just 3.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 240 flights on this route, serving the busy destination airport in Columbus that opened in 1929 and handles more than seven million 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) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 586 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Columbus the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Columbus (CMH) heads north-east for about 1,586 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 15m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of IAH-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 586 tracked IAH-CMH flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.0% 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-CMH
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Columbus (CMH) takes 2h 15m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 586 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Columbus is 1.02% across 586 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.
