Flights from Philadelphia to Houston

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Philadelphia and Houston from Continental Airlines is the B737-9 built by Boeing with 172 seats.
• Continental Airlines operated flights from PHL to IAH using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Philadelphia and Houston is 1324 miles.
• Continental Airlines, Republic Airlines, Midwest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, US Airways offer flights from Philadelphia, PA to Houston, TX.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Philadelphia and Houston.
• The shortest flight between PHL and IAH takes about 186 minutes.
• There were 308,388 passengers that flew from Philadelphia to Houston in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Philadelphia, PA to Houston, TX in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-5 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Continental Airlines carried a total of 231,147 passengers from PHL to IAH in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Philadelphia to Houston in 2009 was 87.67%.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Philadelphia to Houston.
• The newest aircraft servicing PHL to IAH in 2009 was US Airways' EMB-190 from Embraer. The EMB-190 started flying in 2005.
• The average flight time from Philadelphia, PA to Houston, TX takes about 193 minutes.
• Flight #1777, operated by Continental Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 4 minutes average delay between flights from Philadelphia to Houston.
• Continental Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Philadelphia to Houston.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from PHL to IAH for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• 351,635 seats were available on flights from PHL to IAH in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 308,388 passengers flew on all flights from PHL to IAH that year.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)