BHM → HOUBirmingham to Houston

live

Direct flights from Birmingham (BHM) to Houston (HOU): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 4 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 917 km, an estimated 1 hour 41 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Birmingham and Houston. Updated 20 October 2026 at 21:37 UTC.

Today, BHM → HOU

Tue 20 Oct · local times
  1. 12:15 WN1035Southwest Left 12:25 +10 Landed 13:57 −8

Checked BHM board 15:48 · HOU board 16:37

BHM Birmingham smooth · +9
HOU Houston smooth · +0
917 km · ~1h 41m est.
dep bank 05:00–20:007x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
93 / 100

route health from live BHM and HOU delay boards

Median arrival delay is −4 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−4 minacross the last 4 operated legs
Flight time~1h 41mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Southwest Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Southwest AirlinesWN

Flights WN360 05:00 Sa · WN2289 09:15 Su · WN4379 11:00 Mo Th Fr · WN1035 12:15 Tu We

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-20WN1035dep +10 → arr−8
10-19WN4379dep +16 → arr−4
10-18WN2289dep +14 → arr−6
10-18WN2405dep +40 → arr+23

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
BHMBirmingham +9 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · N 7 kt Full BHM delay board →
HOUHouston +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · ENE 8 kt Full HOU delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at BHM: 45% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +12 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Birmingham to Houston route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop BHM to HOU flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search — Birmingham (BHM) to Houston (HOU) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/BHM-HOU
How we measure this →

BHM to HOU questions

Is BHM–HOU running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at BHM is the weaker end, route health score 93/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

Morning or evening flight on BHM–HOU?

Operators schedule morning departures around 05:00 and evening departures around 20:00 from BHM. Earlier flights typically land before destination-airport delays accumulate later in the day; check the HOU delay card to confirm conditions when you'd arrive.

How long is the flight from BHM to HOU?

Great-circle distance is 917 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 95–109 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does BHM–HOU fly?

Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 8 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.