Flights Panama City → Houston
ECP → HOU
How long is the flight from Panama City to Houston?
The flight from Panama City (ECP) to Houston (HOU) takes about 1h 34m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route from Panama City to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-300, averaging 5.1 minutes of delay per flight and maintaining an 84% on-time performance rate based on the total of 85 flights recorded. The destination airport sees over thirteen million passengers annually, indicating high traffic and demand for this route.
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 Panama City (ECP) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 249 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.5/100 (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 Panama City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Panama City (ECP) to Houston (HOU) heads west for about 916 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 34m.
Departures from Panama City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of ECP-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Panama City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 249 tracked ECP-HOU flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about ECP-HOU
The flight from Panama City (ECP) to Houston (HOU) takes about 1h 34m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Panama City (ECP) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 249 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Panama City-Houston is 0.00% across 249 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.
