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Cheapest round-trip
$214
Typical prices: $169-$297
Frontier
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CLT - IAH • 1 stop
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$214
Typical prices: $150-$289
Frontier
Thu 8/27Thu 9/3
CLT - IAH • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Charlotte to Houston (CLT-HOU)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Houston 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 Charlotte to Houston

Fri, Nov 6 - Sun, Nov 8
Frontier Logo
10:02 pm - 10:40 am
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IAH
13h 38m
1 stop
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10:55 am - 2:36 pm
IAH
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CLT
2h 41mnonstop
$214Frontier
Thu, Aug 27 - Thu, Sep 3
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5:31 pm - 7:26 pm
CLT
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IAH
2h 55mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:29 am - 1:13 pm
IAH
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CLT
2h 44mnonstop
$214Frontier
Thu, Dec 3 - Sat, Dec 12
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11:59 am - 1:59 pm
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IAH
3h 00mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
3:00 pm - 6:29 pm
IAH
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CLT
2h 29mnonstop
$299American Airlines
Thu, Aug 27 - Mon, Aug 31
American Airlines Logo
8:29 am - 10:08 am
CLT
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IAH
2h 39mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
9:04 am - 12:41 pm
IAH
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CLT
2h 37mnonstop
$299American Airlines
Sat, Jan 2 - Thu, Jan 7
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6:40 am - 8:38 am
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IAH
2h 58mnonstop
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12:25 pm - 3:52 pm
IAH
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CLT
2h 27mnonstop
$299United Airlines
Thu, Aug 20 - Sun, Aug 23
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11:45 am - 1:36 pm
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IAH
2h 51mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:25 am - 10:54 am
IAH
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CLT
2h 29mnonstop
$299United Airlines
Fri, Oct 30 - Sat, Oct 31
Southwest Logo
4:15 pm - 7:45 pm
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HOU
4h 30m
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5:50 am - 3:15 pm
HOU
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CLT
8h 25m
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$314Southwest
Fri, Oct 23 - Mon, Oct 26
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4:15 pm - 7:45 pm
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HOU
4h 30m
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12:55 pm - 8:20 pm
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CLT
6h 25m
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$314Southwest
Tue, Dec 22 - Sun, Dec 27
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5:25 am - 8:46 am
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IAH
4h 21m
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5:55 am - 11:04 am
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4h 09m
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$319Delta
Fri, Jan 15 - Mon, Jan 18
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7:05 pm - 11:58 pm
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5h 53m
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1:15 pm - 8:18 pm
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6h 03m
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$319Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Charlotte to Houston flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Charlotte to Houston?

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

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to Houston from Charlotte usually cost between $177 and $333 in August.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $214 on Frontier (Aug 17-Aug 20).

What is the cheapest Charlotte to Houston flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Charlotte to Houston costs $197 on the route between Charlotte (CLT) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 16% cheaper than other Charlotte-Houston routes. It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Charlotte to Houston?

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

For Charlotte to Houston, Friday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Sunday is the most expensive. Flying from Houston back to Charlotte, the best deals are generally found on Friday, with Monday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Charlotte to Houston?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Houston, 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 Charlotte to Houston is January, where tickets cost $209 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $314 and $310 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Charlotte to Houston?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Charlotte to Houston, 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 Charlotte to Houston, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 24% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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$88
Flight from Charlotte to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from Charlotte to Houston

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Charlotte to Houston 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 flights from Charlotte to Houston

  • What is the cheapest flight from Charlotte to Houston?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Charlotte to Houston was $88 for a one-way ticket and $214 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Charlotte and Houston?

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Charlotte to Houston?

    Charlotte is served by only 1 airport and there are 2 airports in Houston. You will leave Charlotte from Charlotte Douglas and you will be arriving in Houston at one of these airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Charlotte to Houston?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Charlotte to Houston?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Charlotte and Houston, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Charlotte to Houston?

    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 Charlotte to Houston.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston from Charlotte 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 Charlotte to Houston?

    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 Houston with an airline and back to Charlotte with another airline.

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

    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 Houston from Charlotte up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Charlotte to Houston?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Charlotte Douglas to Houston.
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Direct departures

Charlotte Douglas to Houston

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

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Tuesday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Wednesday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

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Direct returns

Houston to Charlotte Douglas

Monday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Wednesday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Thursday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Friday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Frontier,United Airlines

American Airlines,Frontier, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Charlotte to Houston

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4229 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

4.0 OkayAnonymous, May 2026
MSY - HOU
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One major problem that was very unprofessional and uncalled for. Plane landed and we had to wait 20 minutes to get off the plane since they were waiting for someone to come to the gate to drive the jetway. Southwest couldn't have someone available and waiting for the plane to land? Is there only one person in Hobby airport who knows to drive the jetway? Was he at lunch? In the bar? Uncomfortable and uncalled for!

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

I have not flown Southwest in awhile and had a very pleasant experience. From ticketing to boarding to the flight. The flight left on time and landed ahead of schedule. It won't be so long next time!!

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

Full cans of soda would be nice. A choice between two snacks would be appreciated.

Tried watching free movie and it kept freezing so I couldn’t finish.

The movies using Southwest WiFi kept pausing and I had to restart multiple times.

First, my flight was a usual flight nothing exceptional or unexpected. Over all it was a normal, good flight! Second, your questionaire is wholly lacking in the proper options to which one can answer a question. Often on short flights, there is no food let alone entertainment so why isn't that reflected in your questionaire? A simple "not applicable" would cover that issue appropriately but no, your form arbitrarily enters an answer based on the initial assessment which normally isn't factual. Until you provide an accurate means of assessing flights, I'll no longer be completing of these unimpressive and misleading assessements. Thank you!

Easy to book and to get check in and get on and off.

Service was great, boarding and exiting went smoothly, and the flight was very pleasant.

No entertainment on flight, no food service, could not connect to WiFi

Enjoyed it very much. Especially liked the free WiFi that Delta offers.

Because I was moved to an exit row, the snacks in economy comfort, the selection of snacks was better.

On time flight. Seat comfort could be better in the Comfort section.

Perfect flight both ways. On time, courteous staff, plane comfortable and cool. Best domestic flights I’ve had in awhile.

The important things including boarding and the flight being on time and safe were excellent. The disappointment comes from the comfort and amenities. Was misled by the "availability" of inflight internet- there is an extra cost. The tray table was broken, the bathroom door stuck and flight attendants were competent but not very friendly.

Flight was delayed, missed connectingnflight to DC. Put me on flight to Baltimore, had to rent a car for $200. Plane was old, wall peeling around window. Flight was packed, every seat full on small plane. I spent 14 hrs on Friday in airports and missed my planned weekend event.

You could have not cancelled the flight (AA, which I will be flying from now on) left for BOS despite the fictitious weather issues (that no one in my Boston family could see). You could have rebooked my direct flight to another direct flight instead of sending me though JFK, the worst US airport after O’Hara You could have rebooked me on a Main Cabin seat (like the one I paid for in my original ticket instead of putting me a the last row on JFK->BOS leg, pocketing the difference in ticket price But I do not really care whether you will ever do that in a future because in a future neither I nor anyone from my company (unless they pay out of pocket) nor an of my clients and partners (if they heed my advice) will ever be caught dead on any of Delta flights

Temperature in the plane was quite warm for the entire flight - actually just outright hot making for an unoleay4 hours. Crew either couldn’t or wouldn’t do anything about it. No acknowledgement or apology. All passengers were commenting on how hot it was.

Airline stewardess service is good. The check-in attendant had a bad attitude and was unprofessional. We did not complete the trip as originally planned. Very dissatisfied☹️

Wonderful flight! The crew was good, check-in was good and orderly and the flight was uneventful and good.

The flight was significantly delayed. The inbound flight from EWR was delayed departing because of mechanical problems. My original departure from CLT was 5:28 pm but due to the delay of the inbound flight, after arrival, deplaning, cleaning, boarding, we did not push back from the gate until 9:00 pm. Once in the air, the flight was smooth and what was originally supposed to be an arrival in ORD at 7:30 pm local time turned out to be 9:35 pm.

My bags were misplaced!!! Im in a foreign country with no bags

Bad food, bad service, cold cabin with no additional blankets when asked for (they told me they don’t provide additional blankets). I’m a frequent traveler and this is one of the worst companies I traveled with (by the way I thought that I booked my ticket with Lufthansa but I didn’t see that the flights were handled by United).

Flight is clean and ontime. Crew is friendly. Snack can be better and the internet connection is poor

United airlines, mediocre at best. No issues , nothing great . Worked for me

Short and everyone communicated with me about the changes every step of the way.

The boarding process was delayed and the miscommunication of what seats are broken

After the morning frenzy of 35 min wait through CLT security at 4;30 AM, it was nice to have a smooth pleasant boarding experience. This 6:30 AM flight was not full. We were able to get seated swiftly and took off promptly. Nice touch they distributed the old fashioned headsets with 8 mm jacks. Snacks were decent and arrival was uneventful.

Got automatically assigned middle seats unless you fork out extra money for a seat assignment, not impressed.

Ninth consecutive American flight I have been on that was delayed

Efficiency of supporting mechanical teams who changed a wheel on airplane in minutes. So no delay, and pilot made up the lost minutes in flight. Comfortable seat.

We had multiple delays and a medical incident during the flight. We barely got a glass of water during the over 4 hours we were on the plane. Somehow first class got all of their service. It would be nice if all of your paying customers got the service they paid for.

Got home at 3am after deboarding the plane. No compensation offered by American

2 hour delay due to equipment failure. No updates via the app and airport screens (which continued to show a departure time in the past). AA eventually switched planes and the new plane was not catered or cleaned correctly.

Lower WiFi prices; allow us to see our flight on a map; more variety of drink choices.

After arriving in Dallas, the aircraft taxied for an unusually long time and was unable to park at the gate, which caused a significant delay and made me miss my connecting flight. I then had to wait in a very long line to be rebooked, and I was told that no hotel or meal accommodations would be provided. What is even more unacceptable is that my luggage was mishandled and has still not been located. My suitcase contains important medications that I urgently need, and I have been unable to access them due to the airline’s mishandling. This situation has caused me considerable stress and inconvenience, and I need this issue to be resolved immediately.

You can plug your phone in & use their wifi to watch movies, etc, but the plane’s wifi was disconnected for most of the flight.

Awful. We had an 8 hour mechanical delay- no vouchers and no kind/courtesy/professional representatives in the entire airport. Not only was it a terrible experience for both my 7 year old and myself, I still have not heard back from American about how they’re going to correct it- I’ve sent 2 or 3 emails about our experience- which was just awful. Not to mention according to national traveling laws, we should be reimbursed… but of course they’re not responding.

I find it amazing that American Airlines does not cull the bad apples out of their company. I avoid Southwest, Spirit & and Frontier. Their prices are many times half of the price of American but I see too many videos of people fighting on these flights. I expect a certain upgrade in the quality of personnel from AA. On the Ticket, it states boarding will end 15 minutes before flight time. We arrived 16 minutes before flight time. We were told we were too late and the gate agent held up her phone and it stated we were 16 minutes before flight time. I would need to go to customer service to rebook. We walked to customer service and explained our issue to the gate agent. The CS person said, I need to see your ticket & I placed my phone on the counter since we did not have printed tickets. She folds her arms, leans back in her chair & says she is not going to be disrespected. She called a supervisor. We waited 15 minutes and no one showed. I asked the CS agent her name & she would not tell me. There was an arrogance that should not be allowed by American Airlines from any employee. The agent next to her said she also would not help us get booked on the next flight at 6 pm flight. We had to go out to the ticketing area & through security again. The agent in the ticket area was incredibly pleasant. He made every effort to help us. On the next flight at 6 pm, the gate agents were all smiles, joked with us and we were on our way back home. No issues.

Terrible. Delayed my family flight for several hours affecting family plans

Flight was delayed and then my second leg was completely canceled. Had to get a refund

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

My flight was canceled I was promised a reginf still not received.

The worst service , the agents from the counter are really bad . Poor customer service . They didnt help me to get in the flight . I was on line when they close the flight without telling and I couldn’t board the plane . I will like to get my money back ey back because it was their fault. Really bad management , bad manners, bad additud

I fly Frontier often and generally don't have any issues. For some reason, the Denver to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) flight always needs to wait on the tarmac in Houston because a gate is not available after landing. I've been stuck for as little as 15 minutes and as much as a little over an hour. I know only fly the Frontier Denver to IAH route when there is not an available flight to Houston Hobby (HOU).

Terrible Y lost my connection to Mexico, nobody of your company help me And y pay a lot of money for my baggage Until now I continue in the Houston airport I vneed you return my money

Horrible communication about delay of flight and what options were available

Everything was good, 20/30 minutes late waiting on a crew member. It’s hard to keep employees. Or serious employees I know. I remember one flight from Houston of Frontiers was almost 18 hours late. And another 4 hours late very poor. But I would rather be late and safe than the on the news. Thank you.

Good - Leg spar, cleanliness, and on time performance. Bad - No snacks and entertainment.

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