Flights Palm Springs → Houston
PSP → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Palm Springs to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 84%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded an average delay of 12.5 minutes per flight, with a total of 137 flights using the Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. The destination airport in Houston serves millions of passengers annually, highlighting 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 Palm Springs (PSP) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 168 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.7/100 (low), 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 Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to Houston (IAH) heads east for about 2,039 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 58m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of PSP-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 168 tracked PSP-IAH flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.2% 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 PSP-IAH
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 168 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-Houston is 1.19% across 168 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.
