IAHDTW
Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) to Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport).
The flight from Houston (IAH) to Detroit (DTW) takes 2h 13m on average, covering about 1,220 miles. Across 7 flights we tracked, the fastest was 2h 9m and the slowest 2h 19m, with United Airlines flying it most often.
Plan this routeAt a glance
- Avg flight time
- 2h 13m
- Distance
- 1,220 mi
- Fastest tracked
- 2h 9m
- Airlines
- 2
Airlines on this route
- United Airlines71% of tracked flightsFlies it on: Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737-900
- Delta Air Lines29% of tracked flightsFlies it on: Airbus A320
Aircraft we tracked
- Boeing 737-8003×
- Airbus A3202×
- Boeing 737-9002×
Flying the other way?
DTW to IAH flight time (14 tracked flights) →Flight times usually differ by direction — jet-stream winds make eastbound crossings faster than westbound ones.
Methodology: figures are aggregated from 7 real flights on this route tracked between 2026-05-26 and 2026-06-09, sourced from live flight data. Updated daily as new flights are observed.