Atlanta (ATL) – Houston (HOU)
- Distance
- 1,119 km
- 696 mi · 604 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 6 min / 1 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → HOU / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 141 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (83 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 640,977
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.4%
- Flights / week
- 109
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 854,283 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- WN, DL
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 250°
- Heading from HOU
- 64°
- Halfway point
- 31.76, -89.97
- Great-circle km
- 1,118 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → HOU
- 1 h 45 min
- In the air HOU → ATL
- 1 h 33 min
- Clocks
- Houston is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 59,204 |
| Sep 2025 | 57,613 |
| Oct 2025 | 62,719 |
| Nov 2025 | 55,389 |
| Dec 2025 | 55,883 |
| Jan 2026 | 38,813 |
| Feb 2026 | 39,081 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,553 |
| Apr 2026 | 51,483 |
| May 2026 | 57,508 |
| Jun 2026 | 54,269 |
| Jul 2026 | 56,462 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 523 |
| Sep 2025 | 500 |
| Oct 2025 | 509 |
| Nov 2025 | 496 |
| Dec 2025 | 501 |
| Jan 2026 | 425 |
| Feb 2026 | 396 |
| Mar 2026 | 462 |
| Apr 2026 | 468 |
| May 2026 | 473 |
| Jun 2026 | 460 |
| Jul 2026 | 469 |
Airlines flying ATL–HOU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 57 | 52% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 53 | 48% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,385 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,092 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,005 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 896 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 854 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 435 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 15 flights
Also carried: 246 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 5,761
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 77.5% | 13 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 83% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 44% · aircraft arriving late 39% · air traffic system 14% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $231
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $201
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $202
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $202
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $194 · Q3 2025 $179 · Q4 2025 $207 · Q1 2026 $231).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $236, likely $204–$269
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,118 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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