Houston (IAH) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 1,664 km
- 1,034 mi · 898 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 45 min / 2 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: IAH → MSP / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 210 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (124 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 433,137
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.2%
- Flights / week
- 84
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 547,604 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, UA, YV
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
- 6°
- Heading from MSP
- 187°
- Halfway point
- 37.44, -94.39
- Great-circle km
- 1,667 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air IAH → MSP
- 2 h 21 min
- In the air MSP → IAH
- 2 h 24 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,826 |
| Sep 2025 | 33,145 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,892 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,906 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,957 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,907 |
| Feb 2026 | 30,370 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,984 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,471 |
| May 2026 | 40,721 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,325 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,633 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 398 |
| Sep 2025 | 383 |
| Oct 2025 | 399 |
| Nov 2025 | 365 |
| Dec 2025 | 339 |
| Jan 2026 | 308 |
| Feb 2026 | 278 |
| Mar 2026 | 359 |
| Apr 2026 | 372 |
| May 2026 | 403 |
| Jun 2026 | 370 |
| Jul 2026 | 416 |
Airlines flying IAH–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 48 | 57% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 23 | 33% |
| YVMesa Airlines | 12 | 9% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.9 | 1% |
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
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 1,084 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 982 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 679 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 508 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 447 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 254 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 193 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 107 flights
Also carried: 77 tonnes of freight and 297 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 3,800
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79% | 18 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 83.3% | 10 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 71.1% | 33 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 46% · aircraft arriving late 33% · air traffic system 16% · 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
- $292
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $278
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 62% of passengers · $301
- Lowest-fare airline
- United Air Lines
- 36% of passengers · $280
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $259 · Q3 2025 $284 · Q4 2025 $280 · Q1 2026 $292).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $298, likely $258–$340
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 9.1%). 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 7% 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: 1,667 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 Houston and Saint Paul
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Houston airports
More routes from IAH
| 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 |