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

Detroit Metro Wayne County ⇄ George Bush Intcntl/Houston DTW–IAH

Airlines flew 5,544 flights between Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW in Detroit, MI and George Bush Intcntl/Houston IAH in Houston, TX in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 594,842 passengers in 743,237 seats, 80% of them filled, and 187,039 pounds of freight. 1,075 miles, about 152 minutes in the air, on 7 airlines: Delta Air Lines Inc. (2,621), Mesa Airlines Inc. (1,368), Spirit Air Lines (692), United Air Lines Inc. (557) and 3 more. Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

5,544
flights, twelve months
DTW-IAH: 2,770 · IAH-DTW: 2,774
594,842
passengers
80% of seats filled
1,075
miles
about 152 minutes airborne
7
airlines
15 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

01292583885171/254/257/2510/251/264/264667/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25437
2/25425
3/25499
4/25448
5/25470
6/25461
7/25503
8/25517
9/25484
10/25502
11/25466
12/25439
1/26380
2/26398
3/26487
4/26473
5/26473
6/26459
7/26466

Passengers by month

014,41828,83643,25557,6731/254/257/2510/251/264/2652,6137/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2546,208
2/2545,717
3/2556,497
4/2549,080
5/2553,093
6/2551,994
7/2557,055
8/2557,673
9/2546,311
10/2553,045
11/2551,060
12/2548,160
1/2636,917
2/2642,546
3/2653,226
4/2648,407
5/2652,907
6/2651,977
7/2652,613

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL2,621289,94681%scheduled passenger service
Mesa Airlines Inc. YV1,36888,07087%scheduled passenger service
Spirit Air Lines NK692110,40581%scheduled passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA55757,39270%charter passenger service, scheduled passenger service
Frontier Airlines Inc. F929948,48373%scheduled passenger service
SkyWest Airlines Inc. OO639486%scheduled passenger service
American Airlines Inc. AA115288%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Airbus Industrie A3192,126132233,923
Embraer ERJ-1751,3747488,464
Airbus Industrie A320-100/200975162118,804
Airbus Industrie A321-200n27423547,991
Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr22922239,529
Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 718112616,969
Airbus Industrie A320-200n16718123,971
Boeing B737 Max 800651667,681
Boeing B737 Max 900421795,541
Boeing 737-800391664,255
Boeing 717-200371103,750
Boeing 737-900ER261792,775
Boeing 737-9004179434
A220-300 BD-500-1A113130378
B787-900 Dreamliner2257377

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

2,770 flights of 2,784 scheduled, 300,244 passengers in 371,573 seats, 116,903 pounds of freight, 328,931 pounds of mail. Delta Air Lines Inc. 1,310; Mesa Airlines Inc. 684; Spirit Air Lines 345; United Air Lines Inc. 277; Frontier Airlines Inc. 150; SkyWest Airlines Inc. 3; American Airlines Inc. 1.

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

2,774 flights of 2,786 scheduled, 294,598 passengers in 371,664 seats, 70,136 pounds of freight, 161,540 pounds of mail. Delta Air Lines Inc. 1,311; Mesa Airlines Inc. 684; Spirit Air Lines 347; United Air Lines Inc. 280; Frontier Airlines Inc. 149; SkyWest Airlines Inc. 3.

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: Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW and George Bush Intcntl/Houston IAH; all routes.