Houston (HOU) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 2,298 km
- 1,428 mi · 1,241 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 20 min / 3 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: HOU → LGA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 289 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (171 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 368,879
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.7%
- Flights / week
- 50
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 443,895 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 HOU
- 52°
- Heading from LGA
- 244°
- Halfway point
- 35.69, -85.32
- Great-circle km
- 2,295 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HOU → LGA
- 2 h 59 min
- In the air LGA → HOU
- 3 h 22 min
- Clocks
- New York is 1 h ahead of Houston
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 33,198 |
| Sep 2025 | 27,996 |
| Oct 2025 | 32,061 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,016 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,241 |
| Jan 2026 | 25,933 |
| Feb 2026 | 21,774 |
| Mar 2026 | 30,343 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,881 |
| May 2026 | 34,403 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,526 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,507 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 220 |
| Sep 2025 | 215 |
| Oct 2025 | 219 |
| Nov 2025 | 218 |
| Dec 2025 | 235 |
| Jan 2026 | 220 |
| Feb 2026 | 194 |
| Mar 2026 | 216 |
| Apr 2026 | 228 |
| May 2026 | 234 |
| Jun 2026 | 216 |
| Jul 2026 | 206 |
Airlines flying HOU–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 50 | 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 · 1,326 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 891 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 403 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1 flight
Also carried: 337 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 68.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Flights counted
- 2,717
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 33% · 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
- $220
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $230
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $230
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $211 · Q3 2025 $201 · Q4 2025 $239 · 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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 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: Q1, typically 13% 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: 2,295 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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