Flights Mobile → Houston
MOB → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Mobile to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time performance of 90%. Over the course of a year, an average of 346 flights are conducted along this route, with each flight experiencing a mean delay of just 5.2 minutes. The destination airport in Houston serves over 40 million passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major travel hub.
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 Mobile (MOB) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 434 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.7/100 (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 Mobile the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Mobile (MOB) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 686 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 17m.
Departures from Mobile on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of MOB-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Mobile the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 434 tracked MOB-IAH flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 3.2% 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 MOB-IAH
On the Mobile (MOB) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 434 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Mobile-Houston is 3.23% across 434 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.
