Flights Salt Lake City → Houston
SLC → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Houston operates with an average on-time performance of 87%, experiencing a mean delay of just 7.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 578 flights are conducted using various aircraft such as the Airbus A319, Canadair Regional Jet 700, and Embraer 170, serving a destination airport that sees around 40,979,422 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 774 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.55%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.2/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Houston (IAH) heads south-east for about 1,923 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 49m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 57% of SLC-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 774 tracked SLC-IAH flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.6% 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 SLC-IAH
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 774 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Houston is 1.55% across 774 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
