Flights Laredo → Houston
LRD → IAH
How long is the flight from Laredo to Houston?
The flight from Laredo (LRD) to Houston (IAH) takes 51 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Laredo to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.7 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 250 flights, connecting to a busy destination airport that serves approximately 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 Laredo (LRD) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 631 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.79%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Laredo the average ATFM delay is 3.4 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Laredo (LRD) to Houston (IAH) heads north-east for about 485 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Laredo on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 53% of LRD-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Laredo the average ATFM delay is 3.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 631 tracked LRD-IAH flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about LRD-IAH
The flight from Laredo (LRD) to Houston (IAH) takes 51 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Laredo (LRD) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 631 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Laredo-Houston is 0.79% across 631 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.
