Flights from Minneapolis to Houston

• The shortest flight distance between Minneapolis and Houston is 1034 miles.
• Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Compass Airlines, Comair offer flights from Minneapolis, MN to Houston, TX.
• Comair offers the shortest flight times from Minneapolis to Houston.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MSP to IAH using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Comair, ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Minneapolis to Houston.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Minneapolis and Houston from Northwest Airlines is the B757-3 built by Boeing with 224 seats.
• The average flight time from Minneapolis, MN to Houston, TX takes about 144 minutes.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSP to IAH for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Flight #2579, operated by ExpressJet Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 19 minutes average delay between flights from Minneapolis to Houston.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Minneapolis to Houston in 2009 was 68.37%.
• The shortest flight between MSP and IAH takes about 141 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Minneapolis, MN to Houston, TX in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-5 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Minneapolis and Houston.
• There were 152,763 passengers that flew from Minneapolis to Houston in 2009.
• Continental Airlines carried a total of 62,253 passengers from MSP to IAH in 2009.
• 205,946 seats were available on flights from MSP to IAH in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 152,763 passengers flew on all flights from MSP to IAH that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSP to IAH in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)