Flights Houston → Wichita
IAH → ICT
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Wichita has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just 7 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 310 flights serving the sizable passenger traffic at its destination airport, which handles around 1,534,965 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) → Wichita (ICT) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 402 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Wichita the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Wichita: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Wichita (ICT) heads north for about 874 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of IAH-ICT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Wichita it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 402 tracked IAH-ICT flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.7% 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-ICT
On the Houston (IAH) -> Wichita (ICT) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 402 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Wichita is 1.74% across 402 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.
