Great-circle route IAH → MSP. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Houston to Minneapolis is approximately 2h 38m nonstop. The distance is 1,036 miles (1,667 km). There are about 7 nonstop flights from Houston to Minneapolis per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → MSP George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport to Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport |
2h 38m | 1,036 mi | 47/wk | Delta Air Lines, United Airlines |
| HOU → MSP William P Hobby Airport to Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport |
2h 40m | 1,059 mi | 2/wk | Sun Country Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Minneapolis, including Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Boeing 737, Airbus A220-100, Boeing 737-800 and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from Houston to Minneapolis is 1,036 miles, or 1,667 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,036 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,667 km |
| Nautical miles | 900 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 49 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 38m in the air on the IAH–MSP nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,036-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
1,036 miles (1,667 km) great-circle between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport.
Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Boeing 737, Airbus A220-100, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
IAH to MSP, HOU to MSP. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
