Flights from Houston to Tampa

• The shortest flight between IAH and TPA takes about 100 minutes.
• Continental Airlines carried a total of 234,388 passengers from IAH to TPA in 2009.
• 281,863 seats were available on flights from IAH to TPA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 235,692 passengers flew on all flights from IAH to TPA that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from IAH to TPA for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Houston to Tampa.
• Continental Airlines operated flights from IAH to TPA using 9 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Houston, TX to Tampa, FL takes about 101 minutes.
• There were 235,692 passengers that flew from Houston to Tampa in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Houston and Tampa.
• The shortest flight distance between Houston and Tampa is 787 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Houston, TX to Tampa, FL in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-5 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Flight #1610, operated by Continental Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 4 minutes average delay between flights from Houston to Tampa.
• Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, US Airways offer flights from Houston, TX to Tampa, FL.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Houston and Tampa from Continental Airlines is the B767-4 built by Boeing with 235 seats.
• Continental Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Houston to Tampa.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Houston to Tampa in 2009 was 84.64%.
• The newest aircraft servicing IAH to TPA in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-9 from Boeing. The B737-9 started flying in 2002.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)