Flights Houston → Lubbock
IAH → LBB
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Lubbock has an on-time performance rate of 87%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 9.8 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 333 flights serving the destination airport, which handles approximately one 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) → Lubbock (LBB) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 413 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lubbock the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Lubbock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Lubbock (LBB) heads north-west for about 736 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 20m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of IAH-LBB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Lubbock it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 413 tracked IAH-LBB flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 2.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-LBB
On the Houston (IAH) -> Lubbock (LBB) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 413 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Lubbock is 2.42% across 413 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.
