Flights Houston → Richmond
IAH → RIC
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Richmond has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 9.4 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1931, serves approximately 4,068,689 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) → Richmond (RIC) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 205 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Richmond the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Richmond: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Richmond (RIC) heads north-east for about 1,860 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 45m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 57% of IAH-RIC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Richmond it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 205 tracked IAH-RIC flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.5% 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-RIC
On the Houston (IAH) -> Richmond (RIC) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 205 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Richmond is 0.49% across 205 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.
