Flights from Kansas City to Houston

• The shortest flight between MCI and IAH takes about 99 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Kansas City, MO to Houston, TX in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-3 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Kansas City and Houston.
• The average flight time from Kansas City, MO to Houston, TX takes about 100 minutes.
• Continental Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Kansas City to Houston.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Continental Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines offer flights from Kansas City, MO to Houston, TX.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MCI to IAH for Chautauqua Airlines is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Kansas City and Houston from Continental Airlines is the B737-9 built by Boeing with 173 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Kansas City to Houston in 2009 was 79.5%.
• Continental Airlines operated flights from MCI to IAH using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 183,982 seats were available on flights from MCI to IAH in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 155,234 passengers flew on all flights from MCI to IAH that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing MCI to IAH in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-9 from Boeing. The B737-9 started flying in 2002.
• ExpressJet Airlines carried a total of 116,702 passengers from MCI to IAH in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Kansas City and Houston is 643 miles.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Kansas City to Houston.
• Flight #1615, operated by Continental Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 23 minutes average delay between flights from Kansas City to Houston.
• There were 155,234 passengers that flew from Kansas City to Houston in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)