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$64 Find Cheap Flights from Houston to Cincinnati

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Cheapest round-trip
$160
Overall average: $305
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Thu 1/22Sat 1/24
IAH - CVG • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$209
Typical prices: $209-$479
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Fri 1/16Mon 1/19
IAH - CVG • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Houston to Cincinnati

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

Thu, Jan 22 - Sat, Jan 24
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8:18 pm - 1:00 pm
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15h 42m1 stop
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12:30 pm - 7:24 pm
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IAH
7h 54m1 stop
$160Multiple Airlines
Sun, Jan 18 - Sun, Jan 25
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12:41 pm - 12:44 am
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CVG
11h 03m1 stop
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5:47 pm - 10:13 am
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IAH
17h 26m1 stop
$161Frontier
Thu, Jan 22 - Mon, Jan 26
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6:45 am - 8:48 pm
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CVG
13h 03m1 stop
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1:45 pm - 12:33 am
CVG
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IAH
11h 48m1 stop
$162Frontier
Sun, Jan 25 - Tue, Jan 27
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6:05 pm - 11:55 am
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CVG
16h 50m1 stop
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4:23 pm - 9:57 pm
CVG
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IAH
6h 34m1 stop
$163Frontier
Mon, Jan 19 - Tue, Jan 27
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5:07 pm - 12:55 am
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CVG
6h 48m1 stop
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4:23 pm - 9:57 pm
CVG
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IAH
6h 34m1 stop
$164Frontier
Wed, Jan 21 - Thu, Jan 29
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8:45 am - 10:20 pm
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CVG
12h 35m1 stop
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1:45 pm - 12:33 am
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11h 48m1 stop
$166Frontier
Thu, Jan 29 - Sun, Feb 1
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5:45 am - 11:15 am
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CVG
4h 30m1 stop
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6:06 pm - 10:33 pm
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HOU
5h 27m1 stop
$229Delta
Thu, Jan 22 - Tue, Jan 27
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6:30 am - 3:10 pm
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CVG
7h 40m2 stops
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3:50 pm - 8:45 pm
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5h 55m1 stop
$234Southwest
Sun, Jan 25 - Sun, Feb 8
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8h 45m1 stop
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11h 50m2 stops
$240Southwest
Fri, Jan 9 - Mon, Jan 12
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5:04 pm - 11:58 pm
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CVG
5h 54m1 stop
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4:59 pm - 10:33 pm
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6h 34m1 stop
$249Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Cincinnati flights

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

What is the cheapest Houston to Cincinnati flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Houston to Cincinnati costs $209 on the route between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Cincinnati (CVG). It is also the most popular route.

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

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Cincinnati, 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 to Cincinnati is June, where tickets cost $219 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $359 and $358 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Cincinnati, 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 to Cincinnati, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 25% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

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United's Economy Plus offers up to 6 inches more legroom than standard economy seats.


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Avoid Basic Fare to prevent extra fees; consider Economy Bundle for better value.

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Cheapest flight$64
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Cincinnati

When to book flights from Houston to Cincinnati

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Cincinnati?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Cincinnati was $64 for a one-way ticket and $160 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is required to fly from Houston to Cincinnati.

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

    On your way to Cincinnati, you’ll fly out from one of these Houston airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl. You’ll be landing at Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston to Cincinnati?

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

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

    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 to Cincinnati.

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

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

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

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from Houston to Cincinnati?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Houston to Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky.
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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Saturday

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Sunday

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Cincinnati Cinci./N. Kentucky to Houston

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Cincinnati

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to Cincinnati. 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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Okay, not wonderful. Short flight. Wi-fi didn't work properly. Stuck waiting for a gate to open upon arrival for 20 or so minutes.

4.0 OkayChad, Dec 2025
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Okay, not wonderful. Short flight. Wi-fi didn't work properly. Stuck waiting for a gate to open upon arrival for 20 or so minutes.

They sent a notice that they were boarding an hour early. We had to leave the club and run to the gate. They said sorry, that came from corporate and was a mistake. They did not have enough seating because the flight before it had not taken off on time. They moved our gate and delayed it for an hour.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

Had to get off plane from prior flight even though I had to reboard same plane to continue to my final destination.

Boarded on time but once we were ready for take off, the crew determined that, although every seat was taken, somehow someone was on the wrong flight. Delay, delay delay, announcements and ended up with one person checking EVERY ID against their passenger Manifest only to figure out it was a "clerical error." We departed 54 minutes late causing me to run in the St. Louis Airport to make my connection and lose the priority boarding spot I had paid for. Unnecessary delay.

AC sub par. WiFi not working correctly. Ac sucked. Seats very narrow.

Other than a bit of a delay, everything was good. Again, the boarding process and picking seats is the only thing I don't enjoy.

southwest just starting charging for luggage. hadnt realized it until it was too late. now out $70 when i couldve bought a carry on if i wouldve known. free bags was one of the only reasons i chose southwest over another airline (the other being no assigned seats, which is apparently also being changed). stupid business decision. wont be flying southwest anymore.

Flight crew and cabin crew were great. I had to rearrange flights because my original flight was 3hrs delayed for weather, the rub is the flight I moved to boarded on time then we sat at the gate for 2 hours because scheduling stole our first officer for another flight, TWICE. Then our actual FO was an hour delayed. To make it worse my original flight went from a 3 hour delay to departing 15min EARLY. Just poor scheduling operations all around.

The plant way delayed departing by 3 hours. It was an old airplane with broken seats and armrests. The bathroom made a hollering sound. A really crappy flight experience and travel day all around.

Flight delays both to Detroits and return flight . The flight to Detroit was associated with mechanical difficulty

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

Wasn't a Delta issue I don't think, but seems there was a Delta flight at each of the 2 Dallas airports at the same exact time, both to Atlanta. I was evidently booked on the one at Love Airport, but the Carey transport shuttle took me to DFW instead and I ended up missing the flight by just a few minutes. Was able to book a Southwest flight from Love Airport, but was a big loss of time and an inconvenience.

Great. I had to modify a flight. That was easy and free. Thank You

I noticed that the planes seem to be outdated. There was no entertainment per se. Also, the waiting area did not have any working electrical outlets

Original flight was cancelled and when i was rebooked by the airline, they couldn't seat me in the same type of seat as I had originally booked (went from window/aisle to middle/middle and one was a bulkhead seat, and other wasn't in the same class)

Lady Pilot was perfect in every way wheels up to wheels down communication, professionalism, excellent on time departure and on time arrival, excellent communication! Fantastic job with Superb attitude!!

The food is terrible. The staff is wonderful. Comfort is good.

Left on time, a bit delayed due to headwinds most of the trip.

Seats had less pitch than a regional jet. Food was OK. Have to buy alcohol on US based carriers flying international. Boarding was a mess. Did not have bags but overhead space was gone quick. Would like to see the airlines enforce the one bag over and one bag under policy

Lately I like the planes have been exceptionally filthy. There’s lines of dust and dirt all across the ceiling in the vents, and the cracks in between the seats are literally full of food. It’s definitely not the quality of service that I was used to with United. I’m also very disappointed with the Wi-Fi! All I wanna do is knock out a few work jobs while I’m trapped in my seat And it spools so bad. They did provide me with a refund, but the process of getting that refund is so complicated. It’s unfortunate.

Crew was excellent. This was a relatively long flight though and had very little leg room, and no entertainment.

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

Flight was delayed and missed my connection Lufthansa didn’t respond.

the delay for 3 hours was understandable due to weather conditions but the flight should’ve provided some on flight compensations or at least provide more food.

United could have one single once of customer service. No human United employee would help me with the invalid mileage plus number, they said I had to speak with the computer.

Overall it was good. I missed my connection but I was put on another flight.

Although the flight was delayed the crew and the flight itself were very good. Couldn't fault anything and after the disappointment of being abandoned in the US by BA it was a welcome relief to travel with United

The pilot greased the landing and the crew was fantastic.

Attendants were pleasant and the flight was smooth and relaxed.

It was fine. No drinks nor snacks offered though. I thought that was unusual.

Things were delayed a little. But that didn’t affect my plans. It was fine. I was surprised it was so full thanksgiving day. The crew were friendly and professional.

The flight was delayed multiple times, again no fault of American but again the extra cost, for everything makes it feel like a cheap airline! Especially when flights are outrageously expensive already

we landed at cmh ten minutes early but had to sit on tarmac for twenty minutes because a plane was at our gate despite the fact that 3 other gates were open.

I have a gluten allergy so did have any food

Wish some foods provided rather than just biscuit/cookie for flight more than 2 hours

Flight was delayed leaving Dallas. Arrived about 2 hours later than scheduled.

The only thing to like was that we eventually got to our destination

Not clean and was told I would get a great seat and it was not great at all

Flight got delayed for 5 hours no good explanation was offered ;(

Horrible. I would never fly Frontier again. The booking process is tricky at best, but fraudulent in my opinion. Frontier customer service did nothing to rectify my purchase -- I ended up paying more than double what I could have gotten from other airlines and nearly triple what I thought I was buying from Frontier. Their booking practices are unfair to the consumer.

Delayed. Text notifications were slow. Not much information o what was happening. Boarding was slow and confusing. Wasn’t even offered water other flight. Had to ask. No entertainment at all. Felt like.a Greyhound bus.

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.

Better than expected. Staff were friendly and nice on both flights.

There was no one at the counter to assist with our check in. The app didn’t work, so I arrived at the airport with time to check in and I couldn’t because no employees were there. When I finally got someone on the phone, it was inside the 60min rule and they said I could no longer check in and they could sell me another ticket. We had to scramble and pay an additional $800 for tickets and THEN AFTER (about 60 min from my original convo with customer service and 10min after original departure time) I had boarded my new flight, there was email saying my original flight from Frontier was delayed and leaving 2hr 50min later, but I STILL wouldn’t have been able to check in. Which means customer service should have been able to see it and let me check in because I was well within my check in time. When I call Frontier, they hang up on me. So their app didn’t work and they employees left and they take zero responsibility or assistance with their “customer service”

Terrible. Flight cancelled with no reasoning and no flights to rebook. Employees were useless and did nothing to help. Did not even know where to retrieve luggage from the cancelled flight. Flyers beware.

No fault of Frontier staff: plane was very late, reached Orlando at 1 am, took a while to get luggage. Weather, gov financial shutdown impact on TSA, air controllers seemed to have multiple flights backed up. Frontier staff seemed to cope as gracefully as possible. It did reassure me that I and my new hip could adapt to travel challenges. Food/entertainment were irrelevant to my trip.

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

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