Flights from Washington, DC to Houston

• The newest aircraft servicing IAD to IAH in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The shortest flight between IAD and IAH takes about 162 minutes.
• There were 63,295 passengers that flew from Washington to Houston in 2009.
• go Operated by Mesa Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Washington to Houston.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from IAD to IAH for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• UNITED carried a total of 42,877 passengers from IAD to IAH in 2009.
• UNITED, Shuttle America, ExpressJet Airlines, go Operated by Mesa Airlines, Continental Airlines, American Airlines offer flights from Washington, DC to Houston, TX.
• ExpressJet Airlines, UNITED, go Operated by Mesa Airlines operate the shortest flights from Washington to Houston.
• 84,902 seats were available on flights from IAD to IAH in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 63,295 passengers flew on all flights from IAD to IAH that year.
• The shortest flight distance between Washington and Houston is 1190 miles.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Washington and Houston.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Washington and Houston from Continental Airlines is the B757-3 built by Boeing with 216 seats.
• Flight #7320, operated by go Operated by Mesa Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 222 minutes average delay between flights from Washington to Houston.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Washington, DC to Houston, TX in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Washington to Houston in 2009 was 74.85%.
• The average flight time from Washington, DC to Houston, TX takes about 169 minutes.
• UNITED operated flights from IAD to IAH using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)