Flights Shreveport → Houston
SHV → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Shreveport to Houston operates with an average on-time performance of 83%, experiencing a mean delay of 16.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 347 flights, serving a highly trafficked destination airport that accommodates nearly 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 Shreveport (SHV) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 426 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25/100 (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 Shreveport the average ATFM delay is 1.5 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Shreveport (SHV) to Houston (IAH) heads south-west for about 309 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from Shreveport on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of SHV-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Shreveport the average ATFM delay is 1.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 426 tracked SHV-IAH flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 3.5% 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 SHV-IAH
On the Shreveport (SHV) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 426 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Shreveport-Houston is 3.52% across 426 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.
