Airports · William P. Hobby Airport
Flights from Houston (HOU)
Airlines flew 59,492 departures out of William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) carrying 6,747,482 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Houston
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Houston — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
59,492
April 2026
Seats flown
9,218,773
Passengers
6,747,482
Load factor
73.2%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Houston
Where flights from Houston go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
5,086 departures · 441,700 passengers
66.9%
Load
2,947 departures · 329,485 passengers
76.1%
Load
2,340 departures · 304,866 passengers
77.9%
Load
2,293 departures · 222,702 passengers
61.8%
Load
2,148 departures · 277,249 passengers
77.2%
Load
2,098 departures · 288,706 passengers
81.2%
Load
2,002 departures · 110,428 passengers
75.0%
Load
1,987 departures · 271,085 passengers
82.7%
Load
1,825 departures · 252,159 passengers
82.5%
Load
1,794 departures · 226,857 passengers
78.2%
Load
1,552 departures · 172,220 passengers
68.3%
Load
1,497 departures · 136,010 passengers
56.3%
Load
1,460 departures · 150,521 passengers
65.3%
Load
1,446 departures · 203,290 passengers
82.9%
Load
1,348 departures · 123,938 passengers
59.8%
Load
Airlines at Houston
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Houston.
- WN
8,731,868 seats · 73.1% load
94.7%
Share
- DL
196,104 seats · 79.5% load
2.1%
Share
- MQ
76,766 seats · 79.3% load
0.8%
Share
- G4
47,718 seats · 83.4% load
0.5%
Share
- OH
45,394 seats · 70.6% load
0.5%
Share
- SY
34,478 seats · 50.3% load
0.4%
Share
- XE
JSX
30,900 seats · 71.4% load
0.3%
Share
- OO
24,158 seats · 70.1% load
0.3%
Share
- XP
23,042 seats · 69.5% load
0.2%
Share
- C5
1,766 seats · 28.0% load
0.0%
Share
Aircraft flown from Houston
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
22,403 departures · 74.3% load
37.7%
Share
18,894 departures · 72.5% load
31.8%
Share
13,226 departures · 71.9% load
22.2%
Share
Embraer ERJ-135
1,032 departures · 71.4% load
1.7%
Share
862 departures · 79.4% load
1.5%
Share
770 departures · 78.7% load
1.3%
Share
707 departures · 86.6% load
1.2%
Share
582 departures · 70.7% load
1.0%
Share
382 departures · 70.9% load
0.6%
Share
226 departures · 79.9% load
0.4%
Share
201 departures · 70.2% load
0.3%
Share
100 departures · 46.5% load
0.2%
Share
Monthly departures from Houston
Monthly departures from Houston, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
5,113 departures · 614,113 passengers
77.5%
Load
June 2025
5,372 departures · 660,765 passengers
78.9%
Load
July 2025
5,553 departures · 669,467 passengers
77.0%
Load
August 2025
5,031 departures · 569,749 passengers
72.9%
Load
September 2025
4,818 departures · 542,660 passengers
72.7%
Load
October 2025
5,281 departures · 621,608 passengers
76.1%
Load
November 2025
4,911 departures · 526,653 passengers
68.9%
Load
December 2025
5,016 departures · 566,330 passengers
72.3%
Load
January 2026
4,371 departures · 439,136 passengers
65.2%
Load
February 2026
4,198 departures · 432,135 passengers
67.7%
Load
March 2026
4,995 departures · 579,747 passengers
75.0%
Load
April 2026
4,833 departures · 525,119 passengers
70.7%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.