Flights Tampa → Houston
TPA → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Tampa to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, with 88% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of a year, approximately 389 flights use various aircraft models including Boeing 737 variants and Airbus A320s, experiencing an average delay of 12.4 minutes. The destination airport serves over 40 million passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major travel hub.
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 Tampa (TPA) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 537 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.7/100 (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 Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Tampa (TPA) to Houston (IAH) heads west for about 1,265 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 0m.
Departures from Tampa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of TPA-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Tampa the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 537 tracked TPA-IAH flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.2% 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 TPA-IAH
On the Tampa (TPA) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 537 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Tampa-Houston is 2.23% across 537 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.
