Flights Houston → Palm Springs
IAH → PSP
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Palm Springs operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with an average delay of 8.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 137 flights, serving a destination airport that handles nearly three 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) → Palm Springs (PSP) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 168 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.3/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Palm Springs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Palm Springs (PSP) heads west for about 2,039 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 58m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 70% of IAH-PSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Palm Springs it is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 168 tracked IAH-PSP flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.2% 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-PSP
On the Houston (IAH) -> Palm Springs (PSP) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 168 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Palm Springs is 1.19% across 168 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.
