Flights New York → Houston
LGA → IAH
Route overview
This flight route connects New York to Houston, featuring an Embraer 170, Embraer 175, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-700, and Airbus A319. With a total of 1076 flights recorded, the route maintains an 80% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.6 minutes when delays occur. The destination airport serves over 40 million 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 New York (LGA) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 1401 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.71%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31.5/100 (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 New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New York (LGA) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 2,277 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 16m.
Departures from New York on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of LGA-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New York the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,401 tracked LGA-IAH flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 5.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about LGA-IAH
On the New York (LGA) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 1401 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New York-Houston is 5.71% across 1401 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Houston, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
