Flights Memphis → Houston
MEM → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Memphis to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an average on-time performance rate of 76%, with flights typically experiencing an eight-minute delay. The busy destination airport in Houston serves over thirteen million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the country.
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 Memphis (MEM) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 250 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.40%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.2/100 (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 Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Memphis (MEM) to Houston (HOU) heads south-west for about 780 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Memphis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of MEM-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 250 tracked MEM-HOU flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MEM-HOU
On the Memphis (MEM) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 250 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Memphis-Houston is 0.40% across 250 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
