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The flight time from New York to Houston is 3 hours, 54 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY 3 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 22 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives IAH Houston, TX 10 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
81%
Delta
79%
Spirit
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Houston is 3 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 22 minutes.

The flight distance from New York to Houston is 1416 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Houston to New York
3 hours, 20 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
3h 53m
United
3h 55m
Spirit
3h 55m
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

86

Distance

1416 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
50
Delta
25
Spirit
10

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Houston by plane?

The distance from New York to Houston by plane is 1416 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New York to Houston?

The flight time from New York to Houston is 3 hours, 54 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 22 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 3 hours, 53 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 3 hours, 55 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Houston?

United, Spirit, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from New York to Houston.

Does Southwest fly from New York to Houston?

Southwest does not fly from New York (LGA) 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 New York 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 202 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Houston 10 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 New York 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
United 81% 16% 3%
Delta 79% 19% 2%
Spirit 78% 20% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
Delta 20 202 8 233
United 19 202 9 235
Spirit 18 204 11 235

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
5pm 0.94
8pm 0.55
6am 1.74
9am 1.12
3pm 1.1
12pm 0.91
2pm 1.01
7pm 0.56
10am 1.13
8am 0.64
4pm 0.5
11am 0.12
6pm 0.56
1pm 0.72
7am 0.41

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 390
February 343
March 363
April 378
May 371
June 376
July 392
August 384
September 364
October 377
November 374
December 380

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 13.27
Tuesday 13.02
Wednesday 13.19
Thursday 12.77
Friday 13.42
Saturday 8.94
Sunday 11.77

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
Delta 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)
5pm 21 204 11 240
8pm 22 195 7 227
6am 16 201 7 228
9am 19 201 10 234
3pm 24 210 12 248
12pm 18 200 9 232
2pm 20 205 10 240
7pm 22 211 7 245
10am 22 200 9 234
8am 17 192 10 222
4pm 17 201 11 235
11am 22 211 9 239
6pm 20 196 9 227
1pm 17 199 9 229
7am 19 212 10 245
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.