$60 Find Cheap Flights from Columbus to Houston

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Cheapest round-trip
$238
Typical prices: $580-$233
Multiple Airlines
Wed 5/20Tue 5/26
CMH - IAH • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$341
Typical prices: $807-$435
United Airlines
Tue 5/19Tue 5/26
CMH - IAH • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Columbus to Houston (CMH-HOU)

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

Wed, May 20 - Tue, May 26
Multiple Airlines Logo
1:37 pm - 10:17 am
CMH
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IAH
21h 40m
2 stops
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6:00 am - 5:10 pm
IAH
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CMH
10h 10m
1 stop
$238Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jun 5 - Tue, Jun 9
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1:37 pm - 7:34 am
CMH
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IAH
18h 57m
2 stops
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6:30 am - 5:05 pm
IAH
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CMH
9h 35m
1 stop
$239Multiple Airlines
Thu, May 28 - Sun, May 31
Frontier Logo
6:05 pm - 3:03 pm
CMH
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IAH
21h 58m
2 stops
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6:00 am - 5:10 pm
IAH
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CMH
10h 10m
1 stop
$240Frontier
Sat, May 23 - Mon, May 25
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1:47 pm - 10:16 pm
CMH
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IAH
9h 29m
1 stop
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9:17 pm - 5:10 pm
IAH
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CMH
18h 53m
2 stops
$241Multiple Airlines
Tue, May 12 - Sat, May 16
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6:05 pm - 10:50 pm
CMH
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IAH
5h 45m
1 stop
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6:00 am - 12:42 pm
IAH
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CMH
5h 42m
1 stop
$243Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 24 - Fri, May 29
Frontier Logo
6:05 pm - 10:50 pm
CMH
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IAH
5h 45m
1 stop
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7:44 pm - 11:16 am
IAH
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CMH
14h 32m
1 stop
$246Frontier
Thu, May 21 - Mon, May 25
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8:48 pm - 7:33 am
CMH
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IAH
11h 45m
1 stop
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8:50 pm - 5:10 pm
IAH
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CMH
19h 20m
1 stop
$248Multiple Airlines
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
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1:15 pm - 2:55 pm
CMH
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HOU
2h 40mnonstop
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10:25 am - 1:55 pm
HOU
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CMH
2h 30mnonstop
$341Southwest
Tue, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 16
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6:00 am - 10:45 am
CMH
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HOU
5h 45m
1 stop
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10:25 am - 1:55 pm
HOU
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CMH
2h 30mnonstop
$351Southwest
Tue, May 19 - Tue, May 26
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8:05 am - 12:11 pm
CMH
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HOU
5h 06m
1 stop
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10:27 am - 5:49 pm
HOU
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CMH
6h 22m
1 stop
$361Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to Houston flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Columbus 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 Columbus Airport 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 Columbus Airport to Houston departing in May.

What is the cheapest Columbus Airport to Houston flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Columbus Airport to Houston costs $208 on the route between Columbus Airport (CMH) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 22% cheaper than other Columbus Airport-Houston routes. The most popular route is between Columbus Airport (CMH) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH).

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

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

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to Houston?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport 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 Columbus Airport to Houston is May, where tickets cost $64 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $225 and $160 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Columbus Airport 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 Columbus Airport 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 Columbus Airport to Houston, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$60
Flight from Columbus to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from Columbus to Houston

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus Airport to Houston?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus Airport to Houston was $60 for a one-way ticket and $238 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Houston from Columbus.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Columbus to Houston?

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

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Columbus 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 Columbus to Houston.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston from Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Columbus 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 Columbus up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Columbus to Houston?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Columbus to Houston.
Find which airlines fly direct from Columbus Airport to Houston, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Columbus to Houston

Monday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Direct returns

Houston to Columbus

Monday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Friday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest,United Airlines

Southwest,United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Columbus to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus to Houston. 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4314 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
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Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

4.0 OkayDavid, Apr 2026
COS - DAL
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Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

The seat was not comfortable. 1D. My back was sore all night and the next day.

One of the best airlines for fast boarding, on time arrivals, and top notch service!

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

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

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

Only downside was the legroom and seat width, which is always a problem unless I spend more for a premium seat.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

The agent at check in and at the gate were less than thrilled to be at work. I'm not a fan of Kayak's placement on the plane. I got put in the middle seat and none of my preferences were used.

In ATL they have two sets of departure screens. Follow what is on your airline's departure board - the ATL Airport Authority departure board had completely incorrect details about the gate assignment for my flight, which would have made me miss boarding.

Flight was delayed it was hot while sitting on the plane, one engine was working on the plane until they had to do some jimmy rigging down the runway in order for the other engine to charge up. It was ridiculous

The flight was very good and the staff was very friendly and helpful!

The only thing I would say is we tried to get on a standby earlier flight, but with our fair we couldn’t. That seems senseless to leave with open seats..

Very easy to use and convenient, you can perform any action within the same portal

In a world of delays, Delta was on time both ways! Boarding was fast and efficient. Staff was friendly. AND wifi worked.

WiFi didn’t work. Flight delayed 3 hours Crew members were illiterate Seat lean back did not work.

Flight was delayed, we could have been notified earlier and in a consistent manner. App was not refreshing for another passenger to get the latest flight status. We could have stayed and waited at the hotel instead of waiting at the airport had we known the flight was going to delayed for more than 5 hours. The toilet is too tight, and needs to be cleaned more frequently (every hour). The entertainment screen froze, the touch screen not responding to touch. We were upgraded to comfort, it is more comfortable than regular economy seats.

This wasn't my experience with Delta. It was just the Pegasus flight. Seats were very hard. Staff was kinda rough. Not very nice. Charged me for snacks. For a 4 hour flight I would've expected more.

The entertainment options on the seat back video boards were nice.

Overall flight was ok. Flight attendant was receptive to assisting passengers with tight connections.

This was the first flight in the morning. We boarded fine. The cabin door was closed and we were ready to go. We were notified by the Captain that ATC issued and ground stop for 40 minutes. So, without even pushing back from the gate, we were already 40 minutes late. We actually were released to push-back and taxi at 30 minutes. But, some passengers had tight connections and were not going to make their connections. Some passengers asked about the delay and the effect on the connections and were told by the cabin attendant that all flights will be delayed and so they should be OK. However, that was not true. My connecting flight was on time and I arrived at IAH with 21 minutes to make my connection. I did and I'm happy about that, but the flight crew should not have given assurances to the passengers who might have missed their connections.

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

Fine. The issues I had were associated with luggage being delayed from Turkey to Tanzania

We purchase first class seats for the first time for multiples of standard economy ticket. There was no access to the club lounge and no priority boarding. The meal and the service once on the plane were superior and the seat was nicer, but not worth the price difference. I will be happy to seat in economy and spend the difference on more travel.

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

The travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

They canceled my flight and never told me. There was no follow up email. I had to buy another ticket the day of.

It was a full Spirit experience. Got to witness police officers having to deboard a passenger and cost us about an hour of delay. Front seat was spacious and better than expected.

Bad airline to travel with my flight was delayed for more than 3 hours they act like it’s normal

flight delayed because of poor staffing and organization - confusion from gate agents and flight attendant supervisors scheduling a missing flight attendant. flight delay 1 hr 30 min

My flight was delayed by over an hour and the turbulance was horrible.

This flight cancelled. I am in the airport right now and my kids sleep on the floor. We are waiting for information in the line 4 hours and rude woman from spirit airline offers us flight to Austin on 23 February. No water no food offer. The offer to book hotel and they will refund 150$. The nearest hotel 450$ per night. So I got flight to San Antonio 02/22 at 7am. I hate this company, they are rude and no empathy. So many people with kids were there. And I don’t sleep and it is cold here. I don’t have warm clothes for me and my kids. And I don’t have money for transport from San Antonio to my Austin.

The flight was delayed over an hour which got us into DFW at approximately 2:20 am

Terrible. Spirit cancelled the flight with 3 hours notice and were absolutely no help getting another flight. Had to make my own reservation on another airline and arrived in Dallas 12 hours later.

They cancelled the flight due to crew unavailability. The next day they cancelled the flight again.

That gate is like a ducking shelter at Newark No where to sit Outlets that don’t work Bathrooms that are dirty

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

12 hour delay required getting on and off plane 3 times - would have at least liked to have been offered a snack or drink

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

They switched our terminal 3 times and we were delayed for four plus hours!!!

It was an early flight and most people napped/slept and the crew let us which was nice.

The crew acted like they had never done this and kept barking passive aggressive orders at people. + the security line + the delay + sitting on the tarmac for 2 hours + none of the apps or signage updating with correct times

More inflight connection. And leg space is horrible. And the paying for baggage I'd ridiculous!!!

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

There's no seats that lean back with little leg space i wad uncomfortable the entire flight. Your charges for extra baggage is despicable and costly!!

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

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