Great-circle route IAH ↔ FLL. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → FLL Houston to Fort Lauderdale |
66/wk | Daily | Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines |
| FLL → IAH Fort Lauderdale to Houston |
66/wk | Daily | Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United 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 773,279 passengers on 5,427 flights between IAH and FLL — about 2,120 a day — filling 77% of the 1,001,998 seats flown. United Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (53%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the IAH–FLL nonstop, including Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is 964 miles, or 1,551 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 964 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,551 km |
| Nautical miles | 838 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 132 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 30m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 964-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 66 a week from Houston to Fort Lauderdale and 66 a week from Fort Lauderdale to Houston, from our most recent schedule sample.
Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 773,279 passengers on 5,427 scheduled flights between IAH and FLL — about 2,120 a day — filling 77% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A320 NEO, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
