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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Auckland ⇄ George Bush Intcntl/Houston AKL–IAH

Airlines flew 541 flights between Auckland, New Zealand AKL in Auckland, NZ and George Bush Intcntl/Houston IAH in Houston, TX in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 128,821 passengers in 166,256 seats, 77% of them filled, and 17,349,745 pounds of freight. 7,415 miles, on 1 airline: Air New Zealand (541).

541
flights, twelve months
AKL-IAH: 278 · IAH-AKL: 263
128,821
passengers
77% of seats filled
7,415
miles
1
airline
2 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

02856841121/254/257/2510/251/264/26467/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2532
2/2538
3/2540
4/2546
5/2542
6/25112
7/2540
8/2538
9/2565
10/2540
11/2538
12/2550
1/2638
2/2640
3/2650
4/2648
5/2638
6/2650
7/2646

Passengers by month

06,97913,95820,93727,9161/254/257/2510/251/264/2611,2447/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/258,197
2/258,499
3/259,291
4/2511,582
5/2510,297
6/2527,916
7/2510,355
8/258,961
9/2515,159
10/2510,179
11/258,506
12/2511,587
1/269,139
2/268,299
3/2612,392
4/2611,997
5/269,260
6/2612,098
7/2611,244

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Air New Zealand NZ541128,82177%scheduled cargo service, scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER524308125,046
B787-900 Dreamliner172783,775

AKL → IAH this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

278 flights, 69,013 passengers in 85,002 seats, 9,009,302 pounds of freight. Air New Zealand 278.

IAH → AKL this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

263 flights, 59,808 passengers in 81,254 seats, 8,340,443 pounds of freight. Air New Zealand 263.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Auckland, New Zealand AKL and George Bush Intcntl/Houston IAH; all routes.