Flights Houston → Lake Charles
IAH → LCH
How long is the flight from Houston to Lake Charles?
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Lake Charles (LCH) takes 28 min 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 Lake Charles has a high on-time performance rate of 91%, with an average delay of just 14.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 207 flights, serving the relatively low-traffic destination airport which handles around 124,114 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) → Lake Charles (LCH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 550 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.45%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lake Charles the average ATFM delay is 4.7 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Lake Charles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Lake Charles (LCH) heads east for about 204 km, a flight time of roughly 28m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 56% of IAH-LCH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Lake Charles it is 4.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 550 tracked IAH-LCH flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.4% 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-LCH
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Lake Charles (LCH) takes 28 min 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) -> Lake Charles (LCH) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 550 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Lake Charles is 1.45% across 550 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.
