Houston (IAH) – New York (LGA)
- Distance
- 2,279 km
- 1,416 mi · 1,231 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 29 min / 3 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: IAH → LGA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 286 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (169 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,049,227
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.1%
- Flights / week
- 159
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 1,242,248 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, DL, 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 IAH
- 53°
- Heading from LGA
- 245°
- Halfway point
- 35.86, -85.33
- Great-circle km
- 2,277 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAH → LGA
- 3 h
- In the air LGA → IAH
- 3 h 20 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.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 102,012 |
| Sep 2025 | 92,559 |
| Oct 2025 | 98,499 |
| Nov 2025 | 90,286 |
| Dec 2025 | 92,003 |
| Jan 2026 | 71,806 |
| Feb 2026 | 64,954 |
| Mar 2026 | 75,902 |
| Apr 2026 | 91,700 |
| May 2026 | 89,497 |
| Jun 2026 | 90,335 |
| Jul 2026 | 89,674 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 746 |
| Sep 2025 | 737 |
| Oct 2025 | 733 |
| Nov 2025 | 698 |
| Dec 2025 | 667 |
| Jan 2026 | 684 |
| Feb 2026 | 626 |
| Mar 2026 | 668 |
| Apr 2026 | 723 |
| May 2026 | 680 |
| Jun 2026 | 664 |
| Jul 2026 | 651 |
Airlines flying IAH–LGA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 90 | 62% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 49 | 25% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 9.8 | 9% |
| YVMesa Airlines | 9.2 | 3% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.2 | 0% |
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 · 3,318 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,945 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,200 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 610 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 540 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 330 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 105 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 81 flights
Also carried: 9 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.8%
- Flights counted
- 8,055
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 74.2% | 21 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 76.2% | 22 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 69.9% | 23 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 82.3% | 8 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 28% · air traffic system 37% · 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
- $270
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $257
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 50% of passengers · $308
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 17% of passengers · $119
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $255 · Q3 2025 $231 · Q4 2025 $273 · Q1 2026 $270).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $275, likely $244–$314
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 5.8%). 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 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: 2,277 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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