Flights Houston → Hobbs
IAH → HOB
How long is the flight from Houston to Hobbs?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Hobbs (HOB) takes 1h 22m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight 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 Hobbs has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 69%, with an average delay time of 58.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 89 flights, serving the smaller destination airport which handles approximately 55,548 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) → Hobbs (HOB) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 226 flights monitored in recent months, 70% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 45 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Hobbs the average ATFM delay is 0.7 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Hobbs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Hobbs (HOB) heads north-west for about 806 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 22m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 96% of IAH-HOB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Hobbs it is 0.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 226 tracked IAH-HOB flights, 70% left on time with an average delay of 45 min and a 1.8% 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-HOB
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Hobbs (HOB) takes 1h 22m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Houston (IAH) -> Hobbs (HOB) route, on-time performance is 70% with an average delay of 45 minutes, based on 226 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Hobbs is 1.77% across 226 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.
