Flights from Atlanta to Houston

• In 2009, there were 9 airline companies operating between Atlanta and Houston.
• The shortest flight between ATL and HOU takes about 101 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing ATL to HOU in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Atlanta, GA to Houston, TX in 2009 was Atlantic Southeast's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• Atlantic Southeast offers the shortest flight times from Atlanta to Houston.
• AirTran Airways, Northwest Airlink, Atlantic Southeast, Skywest Air, Shuttle America, Delta Airlines, Comair, Northwest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Atlanta, GA to Houston, TX.
• The average flight time from Atlanta, GA to Houston, TX takes about 106 minutes.
• The shortest flight distance between Atlanta and Houston is 696 miles.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Delta Airlines, Skywest Air, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Atlanta to Houston.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Atlanta to Houston in 2009 was 70.04%.
• There were 303,668 passengers that flew from Atlanta to Houston in 2009.
• Atlantic Southeast operated flights from ATL to HOU using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #6507, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 40 minutes average delay between flights from Atlanta to Houston.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ATL to HOU for Atlantic Southeast is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Atlanta and Houston from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 183 seats.
• 409,437 seats were available on flights from ATL to HOU in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 303,668 passengers flew on all flights from ATL to HOU that year.
• AirTran Airways carried a total of 159,656 passengers from ATL to HOU in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)