Great-circle route FLL ↔ HOU. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLL → HOU Fort Lauderdale to Houston |
19/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → FLL Houston to Fort Lauderdale |
19/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 213,714 passengers on 1,578 flights between FLL and HOU — about 586 a day — filling 80% of the 267,766 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the FLL–HOU nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport and William P Hobby Airport is 956 miles, or 1,539 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 956 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,539 km |
| Nautical miles | 831 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Southwest Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 38 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 29m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 956-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.
About 19 a week from Fort Lauderdale to Houston and 19 a week from Houston to Fort Lauderdale, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 213,714 passengers on 1,578 scheduled flights between FLL and HOU — about 586 a day — filling 80% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Boeing 737-800. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
