Flights Houston → El Paso
IAH → ELP
How long is the flight from Houston to El Paso?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to El Paso (ELP) takes 1h 40m on average. That is the median time recorded across 5 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 El Paso has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 10.8 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 486 flights, serving the high traffic destination airport which handles approximately 3,667,439 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) → El Paso (ELP) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1155 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At El Paso the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to El Paso: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to El Paso (ELP) heads west for about 1,072 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of IAH-ELP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into El Paso it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,155 tracked IAH-ELP flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.9% 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-ELP
The flight from Houston (IAH) to El Paso (ELP) takes 1h 40m on average. That is the median time recorded across 5 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> El Paso (ELP) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 1155 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-El Paso is 0.87% across 1155 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.
