Plane range from George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) – how far can you fly?

Houston, United States

IATA Code
IAH
Airport
George Bush Intercontinental
Elevation
97 ft
Longest runway
12,001 ft
Airliners at MTOW
55 of 55

Runways

DesignationLengthWidthSurface
08L/26R 9,000 ft 150 ft concrete
08R/26L 9,402 ft 150 ft concrete
09/27 10,000 ft 150 ft asphalt
15L/33R 12,001 ft 150 ft concrete
15R/33L 10,000 ft 150 ft concrete

Select an aircraft and see exactly how far it can reach from Houston. Adjust the passenger load to see how weight affects range. Click any airport on the map to measure the route.

Which airliners can take off from IAH

IAH's longest runway, 15L/33R, is 12,001 ft.

All 55 airliners in PlaneRange can take off from it at maximum takeoff weight, so the runway never shortens their range here.

AircraftTakeoff from IAHRange at 80% loadFarthest pinned airport
Boeing 777-200LR
Emirates, 302 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,231 ft
9,163 nm
242 pax
CGK
Jakarta, 8,911 nm
Boeing 777-200ER
British Airways, 235 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,532 ft
8,718 nm
188 pax
MLE
Malé, 8,657 nm
Airbus A350-1000
Qatar Airways, 327 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,134 ft
8,603 nm
262 pax
CMB
Colombo, 8,559 nm
Airbus A380-800
Lufthansa, 509 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,536 ft
8,513 nm
407 pax
PNH
Phnom Penh, 8,054 nm
Airbus A350-900
Lufthansa, 293 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,833 ft
8,490 nm
234 pax
PNH
Phnom Penh, 8,054 nm
Boeing 787-9
United Airlines, 257 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,532 ft
8,306 nm
206 pax
PNH
Phnom Penh, 8,054 nm
Boeing 777X-9
Emirates (Projected), 426 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,833 ft
8,272 nm
341 pax
PNH
Phnom Penh, 8,054 nm
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
Lufthansa, 364 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,636 ft
8,194 nm
291 pax
PNH
Phnom Penh, 8,054 nm
Boeing 777-300ER
Emirates, 354 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,034 ft
8,128 nm
283 pax
PNH
Phnom Penh, 8,054 nm
Boeing 787-8
United Airlines, 243 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,830 ft
7,991 nm
194 pax
JNB
Johannesburg, 7,839 nm
Airbus A340-600
Lufthansa, 297 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,536 ft
7,970 nm
238 pax
JNB
Johannesburg, 7,839 nm
Airbus A330-900
Delta, 281 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,633 ft
7,464 nm
225 pax
MNL
Manila, 7,407 nm
Boeing 747-400
Lufthansa, 371 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,536 ft
7,300 nm
297 pax
ADD
Addis Ababa, 7,276 nm
Airbus A330-200
Qantas, 271 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,930 ft
7,298 nm
217 pax
ADD
Addis Ababa, 7,276 nm
Boeing 787-10
Singapore Airlines, 337 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,633 ft
7,117 nm
270 pax
AUH
Abu Dhabi, 7,111 nm
Airbus A340-300
Lufthansa, 279 seats
At MTOW
Needs 10,235 ft
7,050 nm
223 pax
DOH
Doha, 6,983 nm
Airbus A330-300
Delta, 282 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,532 ft
6,591 nm
226 pax
PVG
Shanghai, 6,569 nm
Boeing 767-300ER
United Airlines (High J), 167 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,529 ft
6,462 nm
134 pax
AKL
Auckland, 6,449 nm
Boeing 767-400ER
Delta, 238 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,532 ft
5,756 nm
190 pax
LOS
Lagos, 5,652 nm
Airbus A321XLR
Iberia, 182 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,927 ft
4,940 nm
146 pax
ZAG
Zagreb, 4,929 nm
Douglas DC-8-63
Delta Air Lines, 189 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,238 ft
4,486 nm
151 pax
HAM
Hamburg, 4,475 nm
Airbus A321neo LR
Condor, 233 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,525 ft
3,907 nm
186 pax
SNN
Shannon, 3,873 nm
Boeing 757-200
Icelandair, 184 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,522 ft
3,838 nm
147 pax
LIH
Lihue, 3,445 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 7
Southwest Airlines, 150 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,024 ft
3,819 nm
120 pax
LIH
Lihue, 3,445 nm
Boeing 707-120B
Pan American, 110 seats
At MTOW
Needs 11,338 ft
3,794 nm
88 pax
LIH
Lihue, 3,445 nm
Airbus A220-100
Swiss, 125 seats
At MTOW
Needs 4,967 ft
3,700 nm
100 pax
LIH
Lihue, 3,445 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 8
United Airlines, 166 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,826 ft
3,593 nm
133 pax
LIH
Lihue, 3,445 nm
Boeing 757-300
United Airlines, 234 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,826 ft
3,468 nm
187 pax
LIH
Lihue, 3,445 nm
Airbus A320neo
Spirit Airlines, 182 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,522 ft
3,388 nm
146 pax
KEF
Reykjavik, 3,351 nm
Airbus A220-300
JetBlue Airways, 140 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,221 ft
3,383 nm
112 pax
KEF
Reykjavik, 3,351 nm
Boeing 737-700
Southwest Airlines, 143 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,519 ft
3,327 nm
114 pax
ITO
Hilo, 3,276 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 9
United Airlines, 179 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,529 ft
3,266 nm
143 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Embraer E190-E2
Widerøe, 110 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,317 ft
3,241 nm
88 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Boeing 737 MAX 10
Delta Air Lines, 182 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,529 ft
3,216 nm
146 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Embraer E195-E2
KLM Cityhopper, 132 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,843 ft
3,157 nm
106 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Airbus A319-100
British Airways, 144 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,121 ft
3,060 nm
115 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Airbus A321neo
American Airlines, 196 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,224 ft
2,916 nm
157 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Boeing 737-800
Ryanair, 189 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,525 ft
2,899 nm
151 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Airbus A320-200
British Airways, 180 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,923 ft
2,844 nm
144 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Boeing 737-900
United Airlines, 179 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,228 ft
2,804 nm
143 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Boeing 737-900ER
Delta, 180 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,733 ft
2,727 nm
144 pax
GOH
Nuuk, 2,625 nm
Boeing 727-200
United Airlines, 149 seats
At MTOW
Needs 9,532 ft
2,621 nm
119 pax
UIO
Quito, 2,052 nm
Embraer E175-E2
Embraer Demo, 80 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,695 ft
2,456 nm
64 pax
UIO
Quito, 2,052 nm
Airbus A321-200
American Airlines, 190 seats
At MTOW
Needs 7,124 ft
2,437 nm
152 pax
UIO
Quito, 2,052 nm
Bombardier CRJ-700
American Eagle, 65 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,147 ft
2,344 nm
52 pax
UIO
Quito, 2,052 nm
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
American Airlines, 140 seats
At MTOW
Needs 8,027 ft
2,213 nm
112 pax
UIO
Quito, 2,052 nm
Embraer E190
Breeze Airways, 108 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,024 ft
2,130 nm
86 pax
UIO
Quito, 2,052 nm
Bombardier CRJ-900
Lufthansa CityLine, 90 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,853 ft
1,984 nm
72 pax
BOG
Bogotá, 1,936 nm
Embraer E175
Alaska Airlines (Horizon), 76 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,675 ft
1,931 nm
61 pax
SEA
Seattle, 1,627 nm
Embraer E170
United Express, 70 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,208 ft
1,911 nm
56 pax
SEA
Seattle, 1,627 nm
Embraer E195
Breeze Airways, 118 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,557 ft
1,907 nm
94 pax
SEA
Seattle, 1,627 nm
Boeing 717-200
Delta Air Lines, 110 seats
At MTOW
Needs 6,498 ft
1,650 nm
88 pax
SEA
Seattle, 1,627 nm
Fokker 70
KLM Cityhopper (Historic), 80 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,318 ft
1,628 nm
64 pax
SEA
Seattle, 1,627 nm
Fokker 100
KLM Cityhopper (Historic), 100 seats
At MTOW
Needs 5,318 ft
1,576 nm
80 pax
AUG
Augusta, 1,484 nm
ATR 72-600
Air France (HOP!), 70 seats
At MTOW
Needs 3,913 ft
1,336 nm
56 pax
JFK
New York, 1,230 nm

Range is in still air at the map's default 80% load, with each aircraft in its default airline config and 210 lb per passenger with bags. "Needs" is the takeoff field length at maximum takeoff weight, corrected for IAH's elevation. Reserves cover a 45-minute hold and a diversion to the airport nearest the destination; for the range column that is William P. Hobby Airport, 21 nm from IAH. Pinned airports are the 115 shown as pins on the map.

Longest nonstops from IAH

The farthest pinned airports an airliner in PlaneRange can reach nonstop from IAH at 80% load, in still air, with enough runway to land.

IAH → CGK Jakarta, 8,911 nm (16,503 km)
Boeing 777-200LR
IAH → MLE Malé, 8,657 nm (16,034 km)
Boeing 777-200LR and Boeing 777-200ER
IAH → SIN Singapore, 8,624 nm (15,971 km)
Boeing 777-200LR and Boeing 777-200ER
IAH → KUL Kuala Lumpur, 8,612 nm (15,949 km)
Boeing 777-200LR and Boeing 777-200ER
IAH → CMB Colombo, 8,559 nm (15,850 km)
Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200ER and Airbus A350-1000

Nearest major airports

DAL Dallas 188 nm away · 8,800 ft runway DFW Dallas 195 nm away · 13,401 ft runway ATL Atlanta 598 nm away · 12,390 ft runway MEX Mexico City 665 nm away · 12,966 ft runway MCO Orlando 741 nm away · 12,005 ft runway DEN Denver 749 nm away · 16,000 ft runway
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