Denver (DEN) – Houston (HOU)
- Distance
- 1,421 km
- 883 mi · 767 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 17 min / 2 h 26 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → HOU / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 179 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (106 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 601,837
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.7%
- Flights / week
- 91
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 795,327 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 DEN
- 140°
- Heading from HOU
- 325°
- Halfway point
- 34.85, -99.68
- Great-circle km
- 1,422 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → HOU
- 1 h 55 min
- In the air HOU → DEN
- 2 h 7 min
- Clocks
- Houston is 1 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 50,670 |
| Sep 2025 | 50,125 |
| Oct 2025 | 54,991 |
| Nov 2025 | 48,617 |
| Dec 2025 | 57,884 |
| Jan 2026 | 46,569 |
| Feb 2026 | 45,702 |
| Mar 2026 | 53,269 |
| Apr 2026 | 42,199 |
| May 2026 | 45,732 |
| Jun 2026 | 51,598 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,481 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 379 |
| Sep 2025 | 377 |
| Oct 2025 | 396 |
| Nov 2025 | 417 |
| Dec 2025 | 456 |
| Jan 2026 | 393 |
| Feb 2026 | 367 |
| Mar 2026 | 400 |
| Apr 2026 | 355 |
| May 2026 | 358 |
| Jun 2026 | 404 |
| Jul 2026 | 437 |
Airlines flying DEN–HOU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 91 | 100% |
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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,264 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,505 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 970 flights
Also carried: 608 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,741
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 21% · weather 2% · 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
- $209
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $197
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $209
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $209
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $194 · Q3 2025 $189 · Q4 2025 $195 · Q1 2026 $209).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $213, likely $185–$243
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 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.5%). 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
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: 1,422 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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