The flight time from Houston to Charlotte is 2 hours, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves IAH Houston, TX 2 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 57 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLT Charlotte, NC 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
79%
United
78%
Spirit
69%
Frontier
51%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Houston to Charlotte is 2 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 57 minutes.

The flight distance from Houston to Charlotte is 912 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charlotte to Houston
2 hours, 41 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 25m
American
2h 26m
United
2h 26m
Frontier
2h 33m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

58

Distance

912 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
33
United
20
Spirit
2
Frontier
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Houston from Charlotte by plane?

The distance from Houston to Charlotte by plane is 912 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 Charlotte?

The flight time from Houston to Charlotte is 2 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 57 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 25 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 33 minutes.

What airlines fly from Houston to Charlotte?

Spirit, American, United, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from Houston to Charlotte.

Does Southwest fly from Houston to Charlotte?

Southwest does not fly from Houston (IAH) to Charlotte (CLT). 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 117 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Charlotte 4 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 Charlotte, Frontier is 51% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 51% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 79% 19% 2%
United 78% 20% 2%
Spirit 69% 27% 4%
Frontier 51% 39% 10%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Houston and Charlotte, 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 13 120 10 145
American 15 116 12 146
United 18 117 9 146
Frontier 19 118 13 153

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
4pm 0.16
6am 0.81
10am 0.18
9am 0.95
5am 0.22
2pm 0.57
7am 1.06
8pm 0.01
3pm 0.16
6pm 1.37
7pm 0
5pm 0.45
1pm 0.49
12pm 0.88
8am 0.66
11am 0.1

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Charlotte 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 224
February 216
March 243
April 236
May 258
June 279
July 286
August 283
September 261
October 269
November 228
December 244

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston to Charlotte 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 8.77
Tuesday 8.12
Wednesday 7.92
Thursday 8.54
Friday 8.54
Saturday 7.6
Sunday 8.73

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
American 1
United 0
Spirit 0
Frontier 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)
4pm 19 120 14 154
6am 13 117 14 146
10am 19 114 11 145
9am 16 117 10 145
5am 14 114 10 140
2pm 15 114 12 144
7am 15 117 9 144
8pm 16 121 12 149
3pm 14 120 11 149
6pm 19 115 11 148
7pm 17 111 14 142
5pm 15 115 15 148
1pm 14 118 16 150
12pm 18 117 9 146
8am 14 117 12 145
11am 16 114 8 142
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.