New York (EWR) – Houston (IAH)
- Distance
- 2,252 km
- 1,400 mi · 1,216 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 50 min / 3 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: EWR → IAH / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 283 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (167 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,135,261
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.0%
- Flights / week
- 143
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 1,328,898 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- UA, NK
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 EWR
- 245°
- Heading from IAH
- 52°
- Halfway point
- 35.80, -85.46
- Great-circle km
- 2,250 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air EWR → IAH
- 3 h 14 min
- In the air IAH → EWR
- 2 h 57 min
- Clocks
- Houston is 1 h behind New York
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 104,616 |
| Sep 2025 | 94,950 |
| Oct 2025 | 103,491 |
| Nov 2025 | 96,908 |
| Dec 2025 | 108,532 |
| Jan 2026 | 90,446 |
| Feb 2026 | 74,927 |
| Mar 2026 | 97,726 |
| Apr 2026 | 85,943 |
| May 2026 | 86,248 |
| Jun 2026 | 94,911 |
| Jul 2026 | 96,563 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 672 |
| Sep 2025 | 654 |
| Oct 2025 | 671 |
| Nov 2025 | 644 |
| Dec 2025 | 664 |
| Jan 2026 | 616 |
| Feb 2026 | 527 |
| Mar 2026 | 609 |
| Apr 2026 | 588 |
| May 2026 | 572 |
| Jun 2026 | 601 |
| Jul 2026 | 593 |
Airlines flying EWR–IAH nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 134 | 93% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 8.4 | 7% |
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 900 · 2,587 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 2,207 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 1,118 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 927 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 160 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 140 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 119 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 54 flights
Also carried: 1,518 tonnes of freight and 308 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.9%
- Flights counted
- 7,535
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 77.8% | 17 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 73.2% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 39% · weather 5% · 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
- $298
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $270
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 80% of passengers · $339
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 19% of passengers · $125
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $264 · Q3 2025 $244 · Q4 2025 $276 · Q1 2026 $298).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $304, likely $269–$346
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4%). 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 3% 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: 2,250 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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