Flights Houston → Salt Lake City
IAH → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 84%, experiencing a mean delay of 10.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 577 flights using various aircraft models including Airbus A319, Canadair Regional Jet 700, and Embraer 170, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 25.8 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 774 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 1,923 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 49m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of IAH-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 774 tracked IAH-SLC flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-SLC
On the Houston (IAH) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 774 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Salt Lake City is 1.29% across 774 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
