Flights Savannah → Houston
SAV → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Savannah to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of a year, this route sees 262 flights, each experiencing an average delay of 13.6 minutes, and serves a destination airport that handles approximately 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 Savannah (SAV) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 301 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.66%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.8/100 (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 Savannah the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Savannah (SAV) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 1,367 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 8m.
Departures from Savannah on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 65% of SAV-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Savannah the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 301 tracked SAV-IAH flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.7% 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 SAV-IAH
On the Savannah (SAV) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 301 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Savannah-Houston is 1.66% across 301 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.
