The flight time from Los Angeles to Houston is 3 hours, 10 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 3 minutes early.
15 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 44 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives IAH Houston, TX 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
90%
United
89%
Delta
84%
Spirit
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Houston is 3 hours, 10 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 44 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Houston is 1379 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Houston to Los Angeles
3 hours, 31 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 9m
United
3h 10m
Delta
3h 11m
American
3h 16m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

100

Distance

1379 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun051015

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
62
Spirit
18
Delta
13
American
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Houston by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Houston by plane is 1379 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Houston?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Houston is 3 hours, 10 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 44 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 9 minutes, and American the slowest taking 3 hours, 16 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Houston?

Delta, American, United, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Houston.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Houston?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) 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 Los Angeles 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 164 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Houston 9 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 Los Angeles to Houston, Spirit is 78% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 90% 10% 0%
United 89% 10% 1%
Delta 84% 15% 1%
Spirit 78% 21% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles 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 13 164 10 189
United 16 164 7 190
Delta 17 164 8 191
American 14 172 8 196

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
8am 1.73
5am 1.01
6am 0.88
1am 0.03
6pm 1.64
7pm 0.77
10pm 0.08
12pm 1.06
5pm 0.38
0am 1.23
4pm 0.31
11am 1.01
9am 0.3
7am 0.18
1pm 1.19
3pm 0.83
2pm 0.33
8pm 0.04
10am 1.12
11pm 0.18

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 413
February 383
March 433
April 411
May 450
June 463
July 481
August 491
September 434
October 456
November 409
December 425

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles 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 14.94
Tuesday 14.31
Wednesday 14.25
Thursday 14.6
Friday 14.71
Saturday 13.54
Sunday 14.6

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
Spirit 0
Delta 0
American 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)
8am 18 166 7 193
5am 15 165 8 189
6am 14 166 7 190
1am 13 156 6 177
6pm 15 162 9 187
7pm 15 162 10 187
10pm 14 153 13 183
12pm 15 165 9 190
5pm 16 161 6 185
0am 15 160 7 184
4pm 16 169 7 193
11am 15 167 9 193
9am 21 165 7 194
7am 14 171 8 194
1pm 15 168 10 197
3pm 15 161 10 189
2pm 14 171 9 197
8pm 12 162 9 184
10am 17 166 7 191
11pm 14 160 9 183
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.