HOU - SMF

$180 Find Cheap Flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento

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Cheapest round-trip
$397
Typical prices: $337-$184
Southwest
Wed 8/19Tue 8/25
HOU - SMF • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$180
Typical prices: $221-$528
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Fri 8/14
HOU - SMF • 2 stops
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Cheapest • from $397 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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Cheapest • Avg $162 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 6h 14m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Hobby to Sacramento (HOU-SMF)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Hobby to Sacramento that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Hobby to Sacramento

Wed, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 25
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10:45 am - 12:45 pm
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11:30 am - 5:10 pm
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3h 40mnonstop
$397Southwest
Wed, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 25
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10:45 am - 12:45 pm
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4h 00mnonstop
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6:15 am - 3:10 pm
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6h 55m
1 stop
$403Southwest
Wed, Jul 8 - Tue, Jul 14
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12:00 pm - 1:55 pm
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3h 55mnonstop
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3:05 pm - 12:30 am
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7h 25m
1 stop
$407Southwest
Thu, Aug 6 - Wed, Aug 12
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8:00 am - 10:00 am
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4h 00mnonstop
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11:30 am - 5:10 pm
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3h 40mnonstop
$409Southwest
Tue, Aug 4 - Wed, Aug 26
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9:20 am - 2:40 pm
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7h 20m
1 stop
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6:15 am - 3:10 pm
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6h 55m
1 stop
$412Southwest
Thu, Aug 6 - Wed, Aug 12
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8:00 am - 10:00 am
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4h 00mnonstop
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6:15 am - 3:10 pm
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6h 55m
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$415Southwest
Wed, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 15
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6:25 am - 10:05 am
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5h 40m
1 stop
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2:45 pm - 12:30 am
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7h 45m
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$417Southwest
Wed, Aug 19 - Tue, Aug 25
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9:40 am - 3:40 pm
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8h 00m
2 stops
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6:15 am - 3:10 pm
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6h 55m
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$418Southwest
Wed, Sep 30 - Mon, Oct 5
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10:45 am - 12:45 pm
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4h 00mnonstop
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5:15 pm - 12:50 am
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5h 35m
1 stop
$419Southwest
Thu, Aug 6 - Wed, Aug 12
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8:00 am - 11:20 am
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5h 20m
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6:15 am - 3:10 pm
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6h 55m
1 stop
$420Southwest
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Hobby to Sacramento flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Hobby to Sacramento to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento departing in August.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Houston Hobby Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento is April, where tickets cost $214 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $757 and $589 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $533 on average.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 55% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Expert advice

Expert advice for your flight from Hobby to Sacramento

 
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Bill Fink

Bill Fink

Expert on SMF

Bill is an award-winning travel writer with extensive credits covering airlines and the aviation industry for publications including AARP, AFAR, The Points Guy and Yahoo. Based in Portland, Oregon, Bill has traveled to more than 75 countries - and been late for his flight in most of them. He once achieved top-level frequent flier status for all of American, Delta and United Airlines during a single year.

Yulia Denisyuk

Yulia Denisyuk

Expert on HOU

Yulia is a freelance journalist who’s dispatched from 90+ countries. Her work focuses on cultures, adventure trips and air travel, appearing in NatGeo, NYT, CNTraveler, and more. For past assignments, she’s stayed with nomads in Mongolia and learned the art of Imigongo in Rwanda. She’s based in Chicago; in winter she often questions that decision.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$180
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 63% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 54% lower on average.
Flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento

When to book flights from Hobby to Sacramento

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Hobby to Sacramento based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento was $180 for a one-way ticket and $397 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Houston Hobby Airport and Sacramento?

    No

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    Only Alaska Airlines offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    The Boeing 737-900 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Houston Hobby Airport and Sacramento.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    There are nonstop flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Houston to Sacramento, Southwest or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Houston to Sacramento are Southwest and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $545 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $466 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Sacramento from Houston Hobby Airport is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Sacramento with an airline and back to Houston Hobby Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Houston Hobby Airport and SMF can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Sacramento from Houston Hobby Airport up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $280 or less one-way and $532 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Houston Hobby Airport to Sacramento?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Houston Hobby to Sacramento Intl.
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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Hobby to Sacramento

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to Sacramento. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Hobby to Sacramento? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4235 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.0Food
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The first time I flew in the extra legroom section. It was difficult to notice a difference. I had bad luck with my neighbors. The crew was okay. Southwest has reduced the live TV options.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, May 2026
MDW - LAX
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The first time I flew in the extra legroom section. It was difficult to notice a difference. I had bad luck with my neighbors. The crew was okay. Southwest has reduced the live TV options.

No gluten free snacks. Seats felt worn or bare bones even though it was a new 737 MAX 8.

Plane was clean and comfortable. Flight attendants and gate staff were professional, friendly and efficient. Boarding and deplaning were orderly and efficient. All in all, the typical excellent Southwest experience.

Not having a five hour delay with little notice! The crew was very kind, though, and just as tired as we passengers were. The flight didn't depart until nearly 1 am...and no reason was ever given.

This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

The Air hostess were very rude on my flight from Houston to Austin . Their regular communication itself felt a they are shouting at people.

I have roller bag with food and medication told me I couldn't bring on my 2nd flight today. 15 years flying with SW never an issue with that bag.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Boarded early, left early, arrived 40 mins early! A win win for me!

I felt scammed. The priced advertised was different than what I paid. I paid the whole some online. I then got a call 20 minutes later saying I need to paid 70 more person. She said the price online is not the guaranteed price.

We had a delay, but thankfully I made it to my connection. Overall it went smooth

Left an hour and a half after the listed time. Up side was it had TV screens on the seat.

It's a long flight and I would have liked better snacks between lunch and the arrival meal. It's fine to have fruit and nuts but I really don't like ramen because it's salty junk soup. I'd suggest sandwiches. They're not expensive nor are they hard to store for a long flight. The FA's had a couple of big services and they were super busy preparing, executing and then cleaning up. Then they disappeared.

Great flight. Got to watch a movie. Smooth flight and early arrival at ORD.

I've been flying American mostly, and it's been very frustrating. This united flight makes me realize maybe the issue isn't flying, but the airline. United was a significantly better experience. The plane was more comfortable, with a normal amount of leg room (vs the ridiculous reductions AA has made), more comfortable seats, screens to watch movies. It was a much better experience!

We had excellent customer service despite the chaos at George Bush airport in Houston!

It isvvery small flight. No leg room . No space to put my personal item at feet.

There weren't enough employees at check in took awhile to get bags checked. There wasn't a wheel chair for me, I was sent to someone who turns out to work for a different airline, if My flight hadn't been delayed I probably would have missed my flight as it was, by the time I arrived at my gate, they started boarding in about 15 minutes. I don't know who took me to my gate, definitely was not the normal people who take passengers to the gate. I'm guessing she may have been in a management position. I wish I knew her name, she went beyond to help me. With that said everyone was kind, and were doing the best they could. So, I choose to say it was an Adventure, stressful start, but good. In the end went well. The situation was not only difficult for passengers but the employee's.

My flight was originally from SAT to MCO connecting from MCO to ORD. We got diverted to ATL and than Frontier staff there was sooo un helpful first they said they couldn’t give us any accommodation since our flight first got delayed that cancelled and now it’s 221am and I am still in ATL since they said they need to create a new flight my final destination is ORD and I have been delayed twice and cancelled. With no real help the frontier app didn’t work no email updates over all such a horrible experience

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Terrible. The canceled my entire flight when I requested a refund for a trip frontier canceled trip one way.

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

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