Flights from Houston to Birmingham

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Houston to Birmingham in 2009 was 77.9%.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Skywest Air, Continental Airlines offer flights from Houston, TX to Birmingham, AL.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Houston and Birmingham from Continental Airlines is the B737-7 built by Boeing with 124 seats.
• The average flight time from Houston, TX to Birmingham, AL takes about 78 minutes.
• The shortest flight distance between Houston and Birmingham is 562 miles.
• 113,440 seats were available on flights from IAH to BHM in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 91,964 passengers flew on all flights from IAH to BHM that year.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Houston and Birmingham.
• ExpressJet Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Houston to Birmingham.
• Continental Airlines operated flights from IAH to BHM using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing IAH to BHM in 2009 was Skywest Air's CRJ-900 from Bombardier. The CRJ-900 started flying in 2003.
• Flight #2042, operated by ExpressJet Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 4 minutes average delay between flights from Houston to Birmingham.
• ExpressJet Airlines operates the shortest flights from Houston to Birmingham.
• ExpressJet Airlines carried a total of 91,553 passengers from IAH to BHM in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from IAH to BHM for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• There were 91,964 passengers that flew from Houston to Birmingham in 2009.
• The shortest flight between IAH and BHM takes about 78 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Houston, TX to Birmingham, AL in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-5 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)