Flights Houston → Midland
IAH → MAF
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Midland has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 589 flights serving the Midland airport, which handles around 1,344,764 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) → Midland (MAF) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 754 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Midland the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Midland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Midland (MAF) heads west for about 689 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 17m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of IAH-MAF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Midland it is 3.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 754 tracked IAH-MAF flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 2.3% 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-MAF
On the Houston (IAH) -> Midland (MAF) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 754 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Midland is 2.25% across 754 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.
