The flight time from Houston to Baton Rouge is 1 hour, 5 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves IAH Houston, TX 3 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
42 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BTR Baton Rouge, LA 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Houston to Baton Rouge is 1 hour, 5 minutes. The time spent in the air is 42 minutes.

The flight distance from Houston to Baton Rouge is 253 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Baton Rouge to Houston
1 hour, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
1h 5m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

33

Distance

253 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
33

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Houston from Baton Rouge by plane?

The distance from Houston to Baton Rouge by plane is 253 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Houston to Baton Rouge?

The flight time from Houston to Baton Rouge is 1 hour, 5 minutes. The time spent in the air is 42 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Houston to Baton Rouge?

United is the only airline with direct flights from Houston to Baton Rouge.

Does Southwest fly from Houston to Baton Rouge?

Southwest does not fly from Houston (IAH) to Baton Rouge (BTR). 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 Houston 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 42 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Baton Rouge 6 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 Houston to Baton Rouge, United is 80% reliable, which means that United flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 80% 18% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Houston and Baton Rouge, 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)
United 17 42 4 65

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
8pm 0.82
11am 0.07
6pm 0.61
3pm 0.29
7pm 0.01
10am 0.88
2pm 0.66
7am 0
4pm 0.55
12pm 0.64
9am 0.1
11pm 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Baton Rouge 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 122
February 131
March 149
April 129
May 150
June 132
July 131
August 135
September 162
October 185
November 170
December 129

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Baton Rouge 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 4.88
Tuesday 4.79
Wednesday 4.83
Thursday 4.88
Friday 4.52
Saturday 4.56
Sunday 4.71

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

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)
8pm 17 43 4 64
11am 18 40 4 63
6pm 15 42 4 62
3pm 15 41 4 61
7pm 18 46 6 70
10am 22 42 4 69
2pm 16 43 4 64
7am 22 45 5 72
4pm 17 41 4 63
12pm 17 42 4 65
9am 25 41 4 71
11pm 19 38 5 62
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.