Airports · George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Flights from Houston (IAH)
Airlines flew 215,467 departures out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) carrying 23,457,624 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
215,467
April 2026
Seats flown
29,361,140
Passengers
23,457,624
Load factor
79.9%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Houston
Where flights from Houston go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
6,216 departures · 625,860 passengers
72.5%
Load
5,942 departures · 828,891 passengers
81.6%
Load
5,309 departures · 801,061 passengers
87.6%
Load
5,253 departures · 701,742 passengers
80.6%
Load
4,633 departures · 820,056 passengers
85.4%
Load
4,194 departures · 538,542 passengers
85.1%
Load
3,760 departures · 489,187 passengers
76.0%
Load
3,694 departures · 581,110 passengers
83.4%
Load
3,662 departures · 567,744 passengers
86.2%
Load
3,586 departures · 435,673 passengers
77.3%
Load
3,585 departures · 606,416 passengers
84.3%
Load
3,506 departures · 523,023 passengers
82.2%
Load
3,141 departures · 330,279 passengers
68.3%
Load
2,970 departures · 281,937 passengers
72.6%
Load
2,937 departures · 378,598 passengers
81.0%
Load
Airlines at Houston
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Houston.
- UA
17,149,337 seats · 79.9% load
58.4%
Share
- YV
2,388,726 seats · 80.8% load
8.1%
Share
- NK
1,456,949 seats · 82.2% load
5.0%
Share
- AA
1,228,358 seats · 77.6% load
4.2%
Share
- C5
1,203,388 seats · 85.8% load
4.1%
Share
- DL
1,152,355 seats · 81.0% load
3.9%
Share
- OO
1,055,378 seats · 75.3% load
3.6%
Share
- F9
920,230 seats · 79.9% load
3.1%
Share
- VB
VivaAerobus
310,126 seats · 70.0% load
1.1%
Share
- AS
209,776 seats · 82.1% load
0.7%
Share
Aircraft flown from Houston
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
44,336 departures · 80.2% load
20.6%
Share
23,999 departures · 86.0% load
11.1%
Share
17,524 departures · 81.3% load
8.1%
Share
17,515 departures · 76.6% load
8.1%
Share
14,776 departures · 81.1% load
6.9%
Share
14,458 departures · 80.1% load
6.7%
Share
14,025 departures · 79.1% load
6.5%
Share
13,850 departures · 78.2% load
6.4%
Share
8,263 departures · 79.2% load
3.8%
Share
7,100 departures · 80.7% load
3.3%
Share
6,994 departures · 77.5% load
3.3%
Share
6,023 departures · 69.3% load
2.8%
Share
Monthly departures from Houston
Monthly departures from Houston, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
18,475 departures · 2,069,830 passengers
82.5%
Load
June 2025
18,498 departures · 2,165,920 passengers
85.1%
Load
July 2025
19,137 departures · 2,195,211 passengers
84.4%
Load
August 2025
18,483 departures · 1,961,939 passengers
78.3%
Load
September 2025
17,175 departures · 1,776,052 passengers
76.1%
Load
October 2025
18,376 departures · 1,987,571 passengers
79.7%
Load
November 2025
17,960 departures · 1,882,784 passengers
76.4%
Load
December 2025
18,720 departures · 2,119,612 passengers
82.0%
Load
January 2026
17,047 departures · 1,789,356 passengers
76.6%
Load
February 2026
15,723 departures · 1,677,199 passengers
78.5%
Load
March 2026
18,187 departures · 1,966,059 passengers
80.0%
Load
April 2026
17,686 departures · 1,866,091 passengers
77.9%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.