IAH → GIGHouston to Rio De Janeiro

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Direct flights from Houston (IAH) to Rio De Janeiro (GIG): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 57 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 7 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,088 km, an estimated 10 hours 52 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Houston and Rio De Janeiro. Updated 2 November 2026 at 19:23 UTC.

Today, IAH → GIG

Mon 2 Nov · local times
  1. 20:15 UA129UA/UAL United Airlines On scheduleGate C8 · TC ·

Checked IAH board 13:23 · GIG board 15:23

IAH Houston smooth · +0
GIG Rio De Janeiro smooth · +0
8,088 km · ~10h 52m est.
departs 21:207x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live IAH and GIG delay boards

Median arrival delay is −57 min. 0 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−57 minacross the last 1 arrival
Flight time~10h 52mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
United AirlinesUA

Flights UA129 varies daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-01UA129departed+52
10-31UA129departed+30
10-30UA129departed+2
10-29UA129departed+61
10-28UA129departed+38
10-27UA129departed+25
10-26UA129dep −5 → arr−57

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
IAHHouston +0 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · SSE 10 kt Full IAH delay board →
GIGRio De Janeiro +0 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · ESE 7 kt Full GIG delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at IAH and GIG: a 27% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +11 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Houston to Rio De Janeiro route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop IAH to GIG flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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How we measure this →

IAH to GIG questions

Is IAH–GIG running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from IAH to GIG?

Great-circle distance is 8,088 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 601–723 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does IAH–GIG fly?

United Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at IAH and arrival-side delay at GIG, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.