The flight time from Boston to Houston is 4 hours, 12 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 1 minute early.
16 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 42 minutes in the air
10 minutes taxiing in
Arrives IAH Houston, TX 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
83%
JetBlue
75%
Spirit
55%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Houston is 4 hours, 12 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 42 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Houston is 1597 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Houston to Boston
3 hours, 42 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
4h 3m
United
4h 12m
JetBlue
4h 18m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

37

Distance

1597 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
27
JetBlue
6
Spirit
3

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Houston by plane?

The distance from Boston to Houston by plane is 1597 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Houston?

The flight time from Boston to Houston is 4 hours, 12 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 42 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 4 hours, 3 minutes, and JetBlue the slowest taking 4 hours, 18 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Houston?

JetBlue, United, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Houston.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Houston?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Houston (IAH). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 222 minutes
Taxiing In 10 minutes
Arrives Houston 7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to Houston, Spirit is 55% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 55% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 83% 15% 2%
JetBlue 75% 24% 1%
Spirit 55% 38% 7%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Houston, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Spirit 15 216 10 243
United 16 223 10 252
JetBlue 18 225 9 258

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
3pm 0.78
5pm 0.58
7am 1.01
10am 0
10pm 0.01
2pm 0.08
9pm 0.21
8pm 0.08
11am 0.06
5am 0.23
1pm 1.06
4pm 0.43
8am 0.54
9am 0.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Houston that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 128
February 127
March 142
April 166
May 187
June 207
July 211
August 197
September 172
October 163
November 139
December 132

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Houston that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 5.6
Tuesday 5.6
Wednesday 5.5
Thursday 5.4
Friday 5.54
Saturday 4.88
Sunday 5.38

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
United 1
JetBlue 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
3pm 16 224 12 256
5pm 19 219 9 252
7am 17 227 9 258
10am 11 214 9 234
10pm 14 212 9 231
2pm 16 233 9 263
9pm 14 219 9 242
8pm 17 213 10 243
11am 14 208 11 244
5am 14 212 8 234
1pm 15 225 10 254
4pm 15 228 11 257
8am 20 213 9 242
9am 17 235 9 262
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.