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$155 Find Cheap Flights from Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$308
Typical prices: $154-$284
American Airlines
Fri 8/28Sun 9/6
DTW - HOU • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$155
Typical prices: $98-$180
Southwest
Sat 9/5
DTW - HOU • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from $308 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.9 score
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Cheapest • Avg $298 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 4h 41m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from Detroit to Hobby (DTW-HOU)

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

Fri, Aug 28 - Sun, Sep 6
American Airlines Logo
11:43 am - 5:44 pm
DTW
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HOU
7h 01m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:57 pm - 10:56 pm
HOU
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DTW
5h 59m
1 stop
$308American Airlines
Fri, Jul 24 - Mon, Jul 27
Southwest Logo
9:15 pm - 12:50 am
DTW
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HOU
4h 35m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
2:10 pm - 8:35 pm
HOU
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DTW
5h 25m
1 stop
$309Southwest
Wed, Aug 12 - Sat, Aug 15
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 1:45 pm
DTW
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HOU
8h 45m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
6:40 am - 2:00 pm
HOU
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DTW
6h 20m
1 stop
$314Southwest
Sat, Aug 29 - Sun, Sep 6
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 11:10 am
DTW
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HOU
6h 10m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
11:15 am - 11:10 pm
HOU
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DTW
10h 55m
1 stop
$320Southwest
Mon, Jul 20 - Mon, Jul 27
American Airlines Logo
7:51 pm - 11:56 pm
DTW
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HOU
5h 05m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:14 pm - 11:40 pm
HOU
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DTW
6h 26m
1 stop
$333American Airlines
Fri, Jul 17 - Sat, Jul 18
Southwest Logo
8:15 pm - 11:50 pm
DTW
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HOU
4h 35m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
4:10 pm - 12:20 am
HOU
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DTW
7h 10m
1 stop
$334Southwest
Wed, Aug 26 - Sun, Aug 30
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 11:20 am
DTW
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HOU
6h 20m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
10:30 am - 7:10 pm
HOU
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DTW
7h 40m
2 stops
$338Southwest
Tue, Jul 14 - Mon, Jul 20
Southwest Logo
6:40 am - 12:15 pm
DTW
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HOU
6h 35m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
5:40 pm - 12:10 am
HOU
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DTW
5h 30m
1 stop
$339Southwest
Wed, Aug 12 - Wed, Aug 19
Southwest Logo
6:00 am - 1:45 pm
DTW
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HOU
8h 45m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
12:30 pm - 9:15 pm
HOU
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DTW
7h 45m
2 stops
$343Southwest
Fri, Sep 25 - Wed, Sep 30
Southwest Logo
5:55 am - 3:05 pm
DTW
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HOU
10h 10m
2 stops
Southwest Logo
9:25 am - 6:25 pm
HOU
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DTW
8h 00m
1 stop
$344Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Detroit to Hobby flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport?

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

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

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

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport, 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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport is October, where tickets cost $190 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and April, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $325 and $306 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport, 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 Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 37% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$155
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 18% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 28% increase in price.
Flight from Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport

When to book flights from Detroit to Hobby

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Detroit to Hobby 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 Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Houston Hobby Airport was $155 for a one-way ticket and $308 for a round-trip.

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

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport?

    Detroit and Houston Hobby Airport are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Detroit from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County and will be arriving at Houston Hobby.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Detroit to Houston, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Detroit to Houston are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $392 and an overall rating of 7.9, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $324 and an overall rating of 7.8.

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

    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 Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport.

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

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

    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 Hobby Airport with an airline and back to Detroit with another airline. Booking your flights between Detroit and HOU 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 Detroit to Houston Hobby Airport?

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Detroit to Hobby

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Detroit 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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7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4246 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
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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 ?

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.

Chairs are not reclinable. Not ear phones for sale. Seats should be assigned to avoid confrontations. Flight attendants were AMAZING.

Should never have had to go to Detroit from Orlando back to Tennessee!

Free & relatively fast Wi-Fi. Would've liked a wider drink selection.

Smooth flight. Left on time, and got in 15 minutes early. Onboard video was great

Everything went smoothly, although the usual gripes about airline travel were still present: the boarding process is inefficient, the snack selection is limited, and so on. Since there was extra space on the flight, the gate agent rearranged many people's seats to put people on the aisles and windows, leaving the middle seats empty, as much as possible, which was pretty great.

Miserable. This entire round trip was miserable. I booked evening flights to and from Detroit on consecutive days that should have had me at my destination by 10:30. Instead I arrived after 3am on my flight to Detroit and after midnight on my return. Multiple unforced errors like awaiting bags to get put on the plane for almost an hour in Detroit and a 20 minute delay to pull up to the gate in Atlanta has me rethinking my assumption that delta is the best and most reliable airline

2+hrs delay without any reason provided and a cramped flight

Flight was delayed and no reasons provided. After the passengers were boarded, the crew made announcement that the captain has jot arrived and he would take another 15 mins. All passengers patiently sat until the captain came and started. Terrible experience!

Flight delay was frustrating, also you cannot checkin online without delta app, web browser check-in throw errors

Food service was bare-bone. Better bot to have any at all rather than hand out premade coffees and cookies to random few passengers.

Seats not assigned during check-in and got last non-reclining seats next to rest room :-(

The boarding process on the departure from LA was rather slow even though I was in Group 1. For first class, I was not expecting to have to pay for Wi-fi but I did and then the wi-fi was spotty. The entree was surprisingly good and so that was a pleasant surprise. However, once I got to Houston, it was terrible. Unfortunately there was bad weather but the constant gate changes for my connecting flight was difficult to manage due to having to navigate back and forth between different terminals.

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

The flight was delayed, they didn’t even have water for the toilets or for drinks

Even through the flight was delayed due to storms near IAH The flight was great! The crew was so hospitable and professional

The flight had a delay but I made it to my connection. Flight was smooth overall

This flight is a quick way to get to Chicago, but a bit expensive.

No screens or meal options. Freezing cold. Dirty seats. Left late.

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.

Staff friendly and app worked really well. Modest delays were frustrating

The passenger in front of of me reclined their seat back all the way the entire flight. Their headrest was in my face the entire flight! I barely had room for the little plastic cup of water to fit on my tray table; can you make the seats and space between the rows any smaller??? You can’t even get up to use the restroom! Worst flight I’ve had in a very long time!

The plane was very creaky and lots of ringing. Plane was dirty and dingy. I couldn't hear the captain's announcements from the flight deck. Not sure if it was the captain or the audio equipment, but good thing there wasn't an emergency where we needed clear instructions. The overhead compartments were clearly full, but the flight crew allowed people to stand in the back with their carry on luggage. Then after everyone boarded, they had to go to the front to gate check their luggage because there was no room for their bags and then they returned to their seats...such a waste of time when clearly the overhead compartments were full when they originally boarded.

I was on a small regional flight from Detroit to Philadelphia. When we landed the outside cruise needed to turn something off with the engine, which took quite a long time. Then, when they allowed us to get off the plane it was outside. They took their time, unloading all the luggage and waited till they unloaded all the luggage before they brought it over to us. It was 9 o’clock at night freezing cold out, and there was no proactive hustle to try to get people their luggage. It was really one of the worst experiences I think I’ve ever had with American until a manager came over. I don’t think they were going to even consider pulling the luggage over to the people that had been waiting outside for at least 10 minutes in the freezing cold.

I booked an aisle seat and was given a middle. At 6'4" 230lbs, it is not ideal to fly in the middle row for myself and passengers.

It was a good trip. Flight Attendants were friendly and responsive.

The trip was very smooth and they provided great customer service

It was on time, which is always a good thing. There wasn’t any food hence my okay rating.

It was a crazy day with a lot of delays and gate changes. Not a huge fan of the Charlotte hub at all.

We have been delayed and postponed 2days and nights…and still do not have our flight until tomorrow..

American Airlines is awful!! Will never fly with them again. Connection flight left early leaving 22 people in Charlotte with no way to get to Key West for 24 hours. Would not provide hotel or any other accommodations. Bags were delayed two days.

Plane was hot and miserable and the crew was rude!

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

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.

Seats were extremely uncomfortable and it was very hot on the plane.

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

Xmas Day- Flights were on time for departure and arrival, baggage check in and boarding process were hassle free, baggage also arrived without any delay. Satisfied customer on this journey.

Boarded late, no communication as to why, a lot of turbulence

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