Great-circle route LAX ↔ 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. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAX → HOU Los Angeles to Houston |
28/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → LAX Houston to Los Angeles |
26/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 336,386 passengers on 2,392 flights between LAX and HOU — about 922 a day — filling 83% of the 404,061 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 LAX–HOU nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Los Angeles International Airport and William P Hobby Airport is 1,387 miles, or 2,232 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,387 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,232 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,205 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 54 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 18m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,387-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 28 a week from Los Angeles to Houston and 26 a week from Houston to Los Angeles, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 336,386 passengers on 2,392 scheduled flights between LAX and HOU — about 922 a day — filling 83% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
