Flights from Memphis to Houston

• The shortest flight between MEM and IAH takes about 76 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing MEM to IAH in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MEM to IAH for Chautauqua Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Memphis, TN to Houston, TX in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A320-1/2 from Airbus Industrie which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Memphis to Houston.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Memphis to Houston in 2009 was 68.05%.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MEM to IAH using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Memphis, TN to Houston, TX takes about 77 minutes.
• 148,277 seats were available on flights from MEM to IAH in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 95,635 passengers flew on all flights from MEM to IAH that year.
• ExpressJet Airlines carried a total of 59,472 passengers from MEM to IAH in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Memphis and Houston is 469 miles.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Memphis and Houston from Northwest Airlines is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 148 seats.
• Flight #3778, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 11 minutes average delay between flights from Memphis to Houston.
• There were 95,635 passengers that flew from Memphis to Houston in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink, ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Memphis to Houston.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Memphis and Houston.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, Chautauqua Airlines, Comair, Compass Airlines offer flights from Memphis, TN to Houston, TX.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)