Flights Wichita → Houston
ICT → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Wichita to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time arrivals in 90% of its 310 total flights. The average delay for these flights is just 4 minutes, and the route uses Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with over 40 million passengers per year at the destination airport.
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 Wichita (ICT) → Houston (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 403 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (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 Wichita the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Wichita (ICT) to Houston (IAH) heads south for about 874 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Wichita on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 58% of ICT-IAH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Wichita the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 403 tracked ICT-IAH flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.0% 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 ICT-IAH
On the Wichita (ICT) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 403 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Wichita-Houston is 2.98% across 403 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.
