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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 data

What 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.

  • IAHDFW

    6,216 departures · 625,860 passengers

    72.5%

    Load

  • IAHORD

    5,942 departures · 828,891 passengers

    81.6%

    Load

  • IAHLAX

    5,309 departures · 801,061 passengers

    87.6%

    Load

  • IAHATL

    5,253 departures · 701,742 passengers

    80.6%

    Load

  • IAHDEN

    4,633 departures · 820,056 passengers

    85.4%

    Load

  • IAHLGA

    4,194 departures · 538,542 passengers

    85.1%

    Load

  • IAHMIA

    3,760 departures · 489,187 passengers

    76.0%

    Load

  • IAHMCO

    3,694 departures · 581,110 passengers

    83.4%

    Load

  • IAHEWR

    3,662 departures · 567,744 passengers

    86.2%

    Load

  • IAHMEX

    3,586 departures · 435,673 passengers

    77.3%

    Load

  • IAHSFO

    3,585 departures · 606,416 passengers

    84.3%

    Load

  • IAHLAS

    3,506 departures · 523,023 passengers

    82.2%

    Load

  • IAHMSY

    3,141 departures · 330,279 passengers

    68.3%

    Load

  • IAHDCA

    2,970 departures · 281,937 passengers

    72.6%

    Load

  • IAHPHX

    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.

Aircraft flown from Houston

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.

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.