Flights Little Rock → Houston
LIT → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Little Rock to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with the average delay being 12.2 minutes when delays occur. Over a period, there were 354 flights on this route, serving a highly trafficked destination airport that handles 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 Little Rock (LIT) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 474 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.53%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.8/100 (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 Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Little Rock (LIT) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 603 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Little Rock on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of LIT-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Little Rock the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 474 tracked LIT-IAH flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.5% 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 LIT-IAH
On the Little Rock (LIT) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 474 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Little Rock-Houston is 2.53% across 474 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.
