Flights Lubbock → Houston
LBB → IAH
How long is the flight from Lubbock to Houston?
The flight from Lubbock (LBB) to Houston (IAH) takes 1h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 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 Lubbock to Houston has an on-time performance rate of 89%, with an average delay of 9.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 333 flights, connecting passengers 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 Lubbock (LBB) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 826 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.94%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.6/100 (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 Lubbock the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Lubbock (LBB) to Houston (IAH) heads south-east for about 736 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 25m.
Departures from Lubbock on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of LBB-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Lubbock the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 826 tracked LBB-IAH flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.9% 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 LBB-IAH
The flight from Lubbock (LBB) to Houston (IAH) takes 1h 25m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Lubbock (LBB) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 826 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Lubbock-Houston is 1.94% across 826 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.
