Flights Houston → Mobile
IAH → MOB
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Mobile has a high on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of just 5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 346 flights servicing the destination airport which handles approximately 586,528 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) → Mobile (MOB) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 434 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.76%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Mobile the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Mobile: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Mobile (MOB) heads east for about 686 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 17m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of IAH-MOB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Mobile it is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 434 tracked IAH-MOB flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.8% 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-MOB
On the Houston (IAH) -> Mobile (MOB) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 434 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Mobile is 2.76% across 434 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.
