Great-circle route JFK → IAH. 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 New York to Houston is approximately 3h 21m nonstop. The distance is 1,415 miles (2,277 km). There are about 2 nonstop flights from New York to Houston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JFK → IAH John F Kennedy International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport |
3h 21m | 1,415 mi | 14/wk | JetBlue Airways |
| LGA → IAH La Guardia Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport |
3h 21m | 1,415 mi | — | Delta Air Lines, United Airlines |
| LGA → HOU La Guardia Airport to William P Hobby Airport |
3h 22m | 1,426 mi | — | Southwest 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.
4 airlines fly nonstop from New York to Houston, including Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Airbus A320.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from New York to Houston is 1,415 miles, or 2,277 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,415 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,277 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,230 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 14 departures a week, across 3 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 21m in the air on the JFK–IAH nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,415-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.
1,415 miles (2,277 km) great-circle between John F Kennedy International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport.
Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
JFK to IAH, LGA to IAH, LGA to HOU. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
