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.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAH → MSP Houston to Minneapolis |
47/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, United Airlines |
| MSP → IAH Minneapolis to Houston |
47/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, 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 425,924 passengers on 4,443 flights between IAH and MSP — about 1,168 a day — filling 80% of the 529,477 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (60%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
2 airlines fly the IAH–MSP nonstop, including Delta Air Lines, 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 between George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport and Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport 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. 2 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 94 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 38m in the air. 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.
About 47 a week from Houston to Minneapolis and 47 a week from Minneapolis to Houston, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 425,924 passengers on 4,443 scheduled flights between IAH and MSP — about 1,168 a day — filling 80% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
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.
