Great-circle route PHX ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHX → HOU Phoenix to Houston |
36/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → PHX Houston to Phoenix |
34/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 544,810 passengers on 4,248 flights between PHX and HOU — about 1,493 a day — filling 78% of the 701,832 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 PHX–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 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and William P Hobby Airport is 1,018 miles, or 1,638 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,018 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,638 km |
| Nautical miles | 885 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 70 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 36m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,018-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 36 a week from Phoenix to Houston and 34 a week from Houston to Phoenix, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 544,810 passengers on 4,248 scheduled flights between PHX and HOU — about 1,493 a day — filling 78% 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.
