Brownsville (BRO) to Houston (HOU)
Flight time
≈ 1h 23m
Bearing
26° NE
Brownsville (BRO) to Houston (HOU) is 290 miles (466 km) as the crow flies — the great-circle baseline most distance-based mileage programs credit.
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What actually flies BRO–HOU
US DOT T-100 · filed dataIn March 2026, Envoy Air was the only carrier flying nonstop BRO–HOU; the Embraer E175 was the most common aircraft at 100% of departures; flights ran 68% full.
Departures
1
March 2026
Seats
76
both directions
Passengers
52
both directions
Load factor
68.4%
passengers ÷ seats
Who flies BRO–HOU?
Envoy Air was the only carrier to fly nonstop BRO–HOU in March 2026 (1 departures).
- MQ
Envoy Air
1 departures · 76 seats
Share of departures100.0%68.4%
Load
What plane flies BRO–HOU?
In March 2026, the Embraer E175 flew 100% of BRO–HOU departures.
- Embraer E175
1 departures · 68.4% load
100.0%
How has BRO–HOU traffic changed?
Nonstop BRO–HOU departures held steady at about 1 a month between June 2025 and March 2026.
Monthly nonstop BRO–HOU traffic, trailing 12 months through March 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month; months with no filed service show as zero.
June 2025
1 departures · 4 passengers
28.6%
Load
July 2025
0 departures · 0 passengers
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Load
August 2025
0 departures · 0 passengers
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Load
September 2025
0 departures · 0 passengers
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Load
October 2025
0 departures · 0 passengers
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Load
November 2025
0 departures · 0 passengers
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December 2025
0 departures · 0 passengers
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January 2026
0 departures · 0 passengers
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February 2026
0 departures · 0 passengers
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Load
March 2026
1 departures · 52 passengers
68.4%
Load
Nonstop BRO–HOU traffic has been filed with the US DOT since 2025.
Source: US DOT BTS Form 41 T-100 Segment (All Carriers). Data through March 2026; filings from 2025. Public domain (US Government work). The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.
The airports
Brownsville
US
Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport
Coordinates
25.91°N, 97.43°W
Hemisphere
N · W
Frequently asked
How far is Brownsville (BRO) from Houston (HOU)?
BRO to HOU is 290 miles (466 km / 252 nautical miles) measured great-circle — the shortest path over the surface of the Earth.
How long is the flight from BRO to HOU?
A nonstop covers the 290-mile great-circle distance in roughly 1h 23m of block time, before winds. Actual schedules vary a few percent by direction and aircraft.
What plane flies BRO–HOU?
In March 2026, the Embraer E175 flew the largest share of departures (100.0%).
What mileage do I earn flying BRO–HOU?
Distance-based programs credit off the 290-mile great-circle figure, then apply your fare-class earning rate. Revenue-based programs credit off the fare instead.
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