Fly from IAH or HOU?

Houston has 2 airports with nonstop service: 196 destinations between them, 59 reachable from more than one. Who flies where, how often, and on which airlines.

IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport 185 nonstop cities · 4124 flights/wk · 24 airlines · 126 only from here HOUWilliam P. Hobby Airport 70 nonstop cities · 1061 flights/wk · 6 airlines · 11 only from here

Destinations served from more than one Houston airport

59 destinations, busiest first. Each cell is one airport's nonstop service to that city: flights a week, the airlines, and fares.

Destination	IAH	HOU
ATL Atlanta	105/wk Delta Frontier United Fares 🥕	53/wk Delta Southwest Fares 🥕
DFW Dallas-Fort Worth	116/wk American United Fares 🥕	40/wk American Fares 🥕
DEN Denver	94/wk Frontier United Fares 🥕	39/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
LAX Los Angeles	87/wk American Delta Frontier United Fares 🥕	21/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
LGA New York LaGuardia	79/wk Delta United Fares 🥕	25/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
LAS Las Vegas	60/wk Frontier United Fares 🥕	37/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MCO Orlando	59/wk Frontier United Fares 🥕	37/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MSY New Orleans	57/wk United Fares 🥕	38/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PHX Phoenix	60/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	35/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
DCA Washington Reagan National	64/wk American United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
AUS Austin	61/wk American Delta United Fares 🥕	22/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
FLL Fort Lauderdale	67/wk American Frontier JetBlue United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAT San Antonio	57/wk American United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
OKC Oklahoma City	54/wk United Fares 🥕	22/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MAF Midland	47/wk United Fares 🥕	25/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BNA Nashville	33/wk United Fares 🥕	35/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CRP Corpus Christi	45/wk United Fares 🥕	21/wk Sun Country Southwest Fares 🥕
ELP El Paso	40/wk United Fares 🥕	19/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MIA Miami	52/wk American Frontier United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
STL St. Louis	27/wk United Fares 🥕	31/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CUN Cancun	35/wk United Fares 🥕	20/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAN San Diego	35/wk United Fares 🥕	19/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BWI Baltimore	23/wk Frontier United Fares 🥕	29/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
HRL Harlingen	29/wk United Fares 🥕	22/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MEM Memphis	33/wk United Fares 🥕	18/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MSP Minneapolis	48/wk Delta United Fares 🥕	1/wk Sun Country Fares 🥕
SEA Seattle	42/wk Alaska United Fares 🥕	6/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SLC Salt Lake City	41/wk Delta United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ABQ Albuquerque	27/wk United Fares 🥕	18/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MCI Kansas City	26/wk United Fares 🥕	18/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
JAN Jackson	29/wk United Fares 🥕	14/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
LBB Lubbock	32/wk United Fares 🥕	11/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BHM Birmingham	35/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
TUL Tulsa	32/wk United Fares 🥕	9/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
TPA Tampa	22/wk United Fares 🥕	17/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
IND Indianapolis	29/wk United Fares 🥕	8/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
LIT Little Rock	35/wk United Fares 🥕	1/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAL San Salvador	34/wk Avianca El Salvador United Fares 🥕	2/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PNS Pensacola	26/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ECP Panama City Beach	26/wk United Fares 🥕	6/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
JAX Jacksonville	27/wk United Fares 🥕	5/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
RDU Raleigh	25/wk Frontier United Fares 🥕	5/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PIT Pittsburgh	21/wk United Fares 🥕	6/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SDF Louisville	22/wk United Fares 🥕	5/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
CMH Columbus	19/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SJD Los Cabos	14/wk United Fares 🥕	12/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
GPT Gulfport	24/wk United Fares 🥕	1/wk Sun Country Fares 🥕
TYS Knoxville	21/wk United Fares 🥕	2/wk Allegiant Fares 🥕
SJO San José, Costa Rica	14/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
COS Colorado Springs	15/wk United Fares 🥕	5/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
OMA Omaha	14/wk United Fares 🥕	6/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
SAV Savannah	14/wk United Fares 🥕	5/wk Sun Country Southwest Fares 🥕
SMF Sacramento	12/wk United Fares 🥕	6/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
ONT Ontario	10/wk Frontier United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
BZE Belize City	12/wk United Fares 🥕	2/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
PVR Puerto Vallarta	7/wk United Fares 🥕	7/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
LIR Liberia	7/wk United Fares 🥕	2/wk Southwest Fares 🥕
MKC Kansas City	1/wk United Fares 🥕	1/wk Sun Country Fares 🥕
SRQ Sarasota	1/wk United Fares 🥕	1/wk Allegiant Fares 🥕

Only from IAH — 126 destinations no other Houston airport serves nonstop

ORD Chicago · 134/wk SFO San Francisco · 78/wk EWR Newark · 72/wk MEX Mexico City · 64/wk CLT Charlotte · 52/wk DTW Detroit · 52/wk BTR Baton Rouge · 49/wk MTY Monterrey · 48/wk MFE McAllen · 44/wk PHL Philadelphia · 44/wk IAD Washington Dulles · 43/wk LFT Lafayette · 43/wk BOS Boston · 39/wk XNA Northwest Arkansas · 36/wk SHV Shreveport · 35/wk HSV Huntsville · 32/wk ICT Wichita · 32/wk GDL Guadalajara · 28/wk LHR London · 28/wk MOB Mobile · 28/wk SGF Springfield · 27/wk YYZ Toronto · 27/wk CVG Cincinnati · 26/wk QRO Queretaro · 26/wk BRO Brownsville · 25/wk PDX Portland · 25/wk BJX León, Guanajuato · 23/wk LRD Laredo · 21/wk SNA Orange County · 21/wk GUA Guatemala City · 20/wk AMA Amarillo · 19/wk CLE Cleveland · 19/wk LCH Lake Charles · 18/wk MKE Milwaukee · 18/wk SLP San Luis Potosi · 16/wk YYC Calgary · 16/wk AGU Aguascalientes · 14/wk BOG Bogota · 14/wk CHA Chattanooga · 14/wk CHS Charleston · 14/wk DSM Des Moines · 14/wk FRA Frankfurt · 14/wk JFK New York JFK · 14/wk MGM Montgomery · 14/wk PTY Panama City, Panama · 14/wk SJU San Juan · 14/wk TUS Tucson · 14/wk YVR Vancouver · 14/wk AEX Alexandria · 13/wk AMS Amsterdam · 13/wk RIC Richmond · 13/wk RSW Fort Myers · 13/wk GSP Greenville · 12/wk MEI Meridian · 12/wk SAP San Pedro Sula · 12/wk VCT Victoria · 12/wk IST Istanbul · 11/wk NRT Tokyo (Narita) · 11/wk PIB Hattiesburg-Laurel · 11/wk PBC Puebla · 10/wk MLM Morelia · 9/wk UIO Quito · 9/wk HNL Honolulu · 8/wk SLN Salina · 8/wk ABI Abilene · 7/wk ASE Aspen · 7/wk BDL Hartford · 7/wk CDG Paris · 7/wk CZM Cozumel · 7/wk DJT West Palm Beach · 7/wk DOH Doha · 7/wk DXB Dubai · 7/wk EZE Buenos Aires · 7/wk GIG Rio de Janeiro · 7/wk GRR Grand Rapids · 7/wk GRU Sao Paulo · 7/wk HOB Hobbs · 7/wk LIM Lima · 7/wk MDE Medellín · 7/wk MGA Managua · 7/wk MID Merida · 7/wk MUC Munich · 7/wk OAX Oaxaca · 7/wk ORF Norfolk · 7/wk PAH Paducah · 7/wk POS Port of Spain · 7/wk TAM Tampico · 7/wk VER Veracruz · 7/wk XPL Tegucigalpa (Palmerola) · 7/wk YEG Edmonton · 7/wk YUL Montreal · 7/wk AKL Auckland · 6/wk HEZ Natchez · 6/wk PSP Palm Springs · 6/wk NAS Nassau · 5/wk RTB Roatan · 5/wk FCO Rome · 4/wk GEO Georgetown · 4/wk TQO Tulum · 4/wk PXM Puerto Escondido · 3/wk AHN Athens · 2/wk BKL Cleveland · 2/wk CLL College Station · 2/wk CPH Copenhagen · 2/wk GCM Grand Cayman · 2/wk HVN New Haven · 2/wk MBJ Montego Bay · 2/wk MOT Minot · 2/wk SBD San Bernardino · 2/wk TVC Traverse City · 2/wk ACA Acapulco · 1/wk ACT Waco · 1/wk AUA Aruba · 1/wk BON Bonaire · 1/wk BZN Bozeman · 1/wk CKB Clarksburg · 1/wk COU Columbia · 1/wk CWF Lake Charles · 1/wk DHN Dothan · 1/wk LCQ Lake City · 1/wk PUJ Punta Cana · 1/wk PWM Portland · 1/wk RAP Rapid City · 1/wk RFD Chicago/Rockford · 1/wk STT St. Thomas · 1/wk ZIH Zihuatanejo · 1/wk

Only from HOU — 11 destinations no other Houston airport serves nonstop

DAL Dallas Love Field · 103/wk MDW Chicago Midway · 38/wk LGB Long Beach · 7/wk OAK Oakland · 7/wk SJC San Jose · 6/wk VPS Destin-Fort Walton Beach · 2/wk AFW Fort Worth · 1/wk FAT Fresno · 1/wk KSAA Saratoga · 1/wk PVU Provo · 1/wk TYR Tyler · 1/wk

Which Houston airport should you fly from?

Houston has 2 airports with scheduled nonstop service. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) reaches the most places — 185 nonstop destinations on 24 airlines — against William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) 70. Between them they fly nonstop to 196 destinations, and 59 of those are served from more than one airport, where the choice comes down to frequency, airline and the drive rather than whether a nonstop exists at all.

The rest are one airport's alone: IAH is the only one with nonstops to 126 and HOU is the only one with nonstops to 11. The table shows every shared destination with each airport's weekly flights and airlines side by side; the lists below it are the destinations only one airport serves. Route data updated October 2026 from observed departures.

Route data updated October 2026 from observed flight departures. Schedules change — always confirm with the airline before booking.

Which Houston airport has the most nonstop destinations?

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), with 185 nonstop destinations and 4124 departures a week on 24 airlines. HOU has 70.

What can you fly to nonstop only from IAH?

126 destinations have nonstop service from IAH and from no other Houston airport, including Chicago (ORD), San Francisco (SFO), Newark (EWR), Mexico City (MEX) and Charlotte (CLT).

What can you fly to nonstop only from HOU?

11 destinations have nonstop service from HOU and from no other Houston airport, including Dallas Love Field (DAL), Chicago Midway (MDW), Long Beach (LGB), Oakland (OAK) and San Jose (SJC).