Flights Shreveport → Houston
SHV → IAH
How long is the flight from Shreveport to Houston?
The flight from Shreveport (SHV) to Houston (IAH) takes 29 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
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 886 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.3/100 (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 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 29m.
Departures from Shreveport on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% 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 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 886 tracked SHV-IAH flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about SHV-IAH
The flight from Shreveport (SHV) to Houston (IAH) takes 29 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Shreveport (SHV) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 886 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Shreveport-Houston is 2.03% across 886 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.
