Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Houston (IAH)
- Distance
- 1,554 km
- 965 mi · 839 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 48 min / 2 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → IAH / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 195 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (115 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 778,385
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.9%
- Flights / week
- 107
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 76%
- 1,018,029 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, NK, F9
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 FLL
- 290°
- Heading from IAH
- 103°
- Halfway point
- 28.24, -87.61
- Great-circle km
- 1,552 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → IAH
- 2 h 19 min
- In the air IAH → FLL
- 2 h 2 min
- Clocks
- Houston is 1 h behind Fort Lauderdale
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 54,248 |
| Sep 2025 | 51,874 |
| Oct 2025 | 71,740 |
| Nov 2025 | 71,289 |
| Dec 2025 | 80,261 |
| Jan 2026 | 70,096 |
| Feb 2026 | 63,643 |
| Mar 2026 | 81,192 |
| Apr 2026 | 71,337 |
| May 2026 | 48,155 |
| Jun 2026 | 42,542 |
| Jul 2026 | 72,008 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 387 |
| Sep 2025 | 393 |
| Oct 2025 | 532 |
| Nov 2025 | 517 |
| Dec 2025 | 560 |
| Jan 2026 | 533 |
| Feb 2026 | 487 |
| Mar 2026 | 566 |
| Apr 2026 | 519 |
| May 2026 | 317 |
| Jun 2026 | 259 |
| Jul 2026 | 500 |
Airlines flying FLL–IAH nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 70 | 60% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 30 | 32% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 5.0 | 6% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 2.6 | 2% |
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 737-800 · 1,143 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,011 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 706 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 653 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 611 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 560 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 539 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 184 flights
Also carried: 96 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 5,637
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 86.6% | 10 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 71.8% | 22 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 54.3% | 31 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 51.1% | 37 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 30% · air traffic system 32% · 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
- $214
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $186
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 56% of passengers · $281
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 35% of passengers · $120
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $178 · Q3 2025 $170 · Q4 2025 $180 · Q1 2026 $214).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $219, likely $189–$249
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.6%). 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 8% 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: 1,552 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.
Every airport pair between Fort Lauderdale and Houston
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Houston airports
More routes from FLL
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| IAH → ORD | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| IAH → DEN | 1,387 km | 1,641,444 |
| IAH → LAX | 2,219 km | 1,544,652 |
| IAH → ATL | 1,109 km | 1,430,755 |
| IAH → DFW | 361 km | 1,257,452 |
| IAH → SFO | 2,632 km | 1,223,236 |
| IAH → MCO | 1,375 km | 1,147,728 |
| IAH → EWR | 2,252 km | 1,135,261 |
| IAH → LGA | 2,279 km | 1,049,227 |
| IAH → LAS | 1,966 km | 1,028,809 |