Flights from Houston to Minneapolis

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Houston to Minneapolis in 2009 was 67.14%.
• 206,213 seats were available on flights from IAH to MSP in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 152,670 passengers flew on all flights from IAH to MSP that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from IAH to MSP for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Comair offers the shortest flight times from Houston to Minneapolis.
• The newest aircraft servicing IAH to MSP in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The average flight time from Houston, TX to Minneapolis, MN takes about 140 minutes.
• Comair, Northwest Airlink, ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Houston to Minneapolis.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Houston and Minneapolis from Northwest Airlines is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 148 seats.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Houston and Minneapolis.
• Flight #7298, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 83 minutes average delay between flights from Houston to Minneapolis.
• The shortest flight distance between Houston and Minneapolis is 1034 miles.
• Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Compass Airlines, Comair, Northwest Airlink offer flights from Houston, TX to Minneapolis, MN.
• The shortest flight between IAH and MSP takes about 134 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Houston, TX to Minneapolis, MN in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-5 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from IAH to MSP using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Continental Airlines carried a total of 59,191 passengers from IAH to MSP in 2009.
• There were 152,670 passengers that flew from Houston to Minneapolis in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)