Flights Huntsville → Houston
HSV → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Huntsville to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 89%, with an average delay of 11.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 319 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles nearly 40,979,422 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 Huntsville (HSV) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 405 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Huntsville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Huntsville (HSV) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 956 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 37m.
Departures from Huntsville on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 69% of HSV-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Huntsville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 405 tracked HSV-IAH flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.0% 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 HSV-IAH
On the Huntsville (HSV) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 405 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Huntsville-Houston is 1.98% across 405 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.
