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$88 Find Cheap Flights from Houston to Los Angeles

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Cheapest round-trip
$143
Typical prices: $267-$129
Spirit Airlines, Frontier
Tue 8/25Tue 9/1
IAH - LAX • Non-stop
Cheapest non-stop
$145
Typical prices: $311-$149
Frontier
Mon 5/18Wed 5/27
IAH - LAX • Non-stop
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Delta's Comfort Plus offers extra legroom on this route.
Expect efficient security lines at Houston's IAH.
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Cheap Flights from Houston to Los Angeles

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

Tue, Aug 25 - Tue, Sep 1
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5:17 pm - 6:42 pm
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3h 25mnonstop
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9:41 am - 3:11 pm
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IAH
3h 30mnonstop
$143Multiple Airlines
Mon, May 18 - Wed, May 27
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4:07 pm - 6:01 pm
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LAX
3h 54mnonstop
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9:45 am - 3:11 pm
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IAH
3h 26mnonstop
$145Frontier
Sat, May 23 - Thu, May 28
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5:40 pm - 3:36 pm
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23h 56m
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9:46 am - 3:12 pm
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3h 26mnonstop
$148Frontier
Tue, Sep 1 - Wed, Sep 2
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6:30 am - 8:06 am
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3h 36mnonstop
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11:59 pm - 5:21 am
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3h 22mnonstop
$150Multiple Airlines
Tue, May 19 - Thu, May 28
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1:28 pm - 9:03 am
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21h 35m
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8:59 pm - 12:44 am
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25h 45m
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$151Frontier
Mon, Aug 31 - Wed, Sep 2
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6:30 am - 8:06 am
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3h 36mnonstop
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11:59 pm - 5:21 am
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3h 22mnonstop
$153Multiple Airlines
Wed, May 20 - Sat, May 23
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1:28 pm - 9:03 am
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21h 35m
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4:31 pm - 10:44 am
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16h 13m
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$155Frontier
Wed, May 27 - Wed, May 27
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2:45 pm - 6:50 pm
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11:50 pm - 5:00 am
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3h 10mnonstop
$247Southwest
Wed, May 27 - Wed, May 27
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3h 35mnonstop
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11:50 pm - 5:00 am
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3h 10mnonstop
$267Southwest
Thu, May 21 - Sun, May 24
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$273Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Los Angeles flights

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

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

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 to Los Angeles departing in August.

What is the cheapest Houston to Los Angeles flight route?

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

The absolute cheapest return flight from Houston to Los Angeles costs $151 on the route between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Los Angeles (LAX). However, over the past month, flights between Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) and Los Angeles (LAX) were, on average, 22% cheaper than other Houston-Los Angeles routes. The most popular route is between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Los Angeles (LAX).

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Los Angeles on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Houston to Los Angeles. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Friday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston to Los Angeles?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles is October, where tickets cost $172 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $288 and $234 respectively.

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

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 Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 39% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$88
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Los Angeles

When to book flights from Houston to Los Angeles

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Houston to Los Angeles based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from Houston to Los Angeles

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Los Angeles?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Los Angeles was $88 for a one-way ticket and $143 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    There are 2 airports in Houston (Houston Hobby and Houston George Bush Intcntl.) and only 1 airport in Los Angeles (Los Angeles). The cheapest flights are generally found on the Houston George Bush Airport to Los Angeles flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Houston to Los Angeles?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston to Los Angeles?

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

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

    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 Los Angeles.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles?

    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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles?

    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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles?

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

Houston to Los Angeles

Monday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Wednesday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Thursday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Friday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

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Direct returns

Los Angeles to Houston

Monday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Tuesday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Wednesday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Thursday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Friday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Saturday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

Sunday

American Airlines,Delta,Frontier, +3 more

American Airlines,Delta, +4 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Los Angeles

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4314 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
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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

8.0 ExcellentCheryl, Apr 2026
DEN - SBA
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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!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

Mediocre. Boarding is now unpleasant. The employees, once friendly and nice, are now regularly speaking sternly to passengers, badgering them to do things right so they can take off on time and gate check bags because they don't have enough overhead bin space. The pretzel snack was crushed flat and broken into even smaller pieces, which happens frequently lately. Drink service was suspended before they reached my row.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

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.

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

One of the flight attendants was a little cranky. I appreciated the free wifi and plug to charge my laptop

WiFi didn’t work most of the time. The usb chargers would work only occasionally for 5 mins and wouldn’t charge after that. Had to keep trying repeatedly at each of the seats in the row.

The crew bent over backwards to thank us for flying and make us comfortable. The food service was quick and efficient. The Captain communicated and said goodbye and thank you as we departed. They really stood out!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

my mom urmila patel needed a wheelchair which was not available on the curbside. she needed to walk almost 50 meters inside (at the risk of falling) and then had to wait in line to get a wheelchair (this is not ok). Once obtained she had to seat in it for 30-45 minutes for someone to take her in thru the checkin process (which was fairly smooth and easy). the lady who helped her with her checkin process was very courteous and helpful

Staff at the check-in counter were friendly, happy and helpful. They tagged our bags and sent us to “bag drop off” but were not very clear about where that was. The airport was busy we headed off in what we thought was the right direction until a gentleman waved us down and actually came after us. He was the baggage handler for Delta and recognized our “deer in the headlights “ look-he brought us to the right area (which was marked as the Southwest Airlines Drop Off) and sent us on our way. Wonderful guy, low key and working with a big smile on his face. Loved it. Loved him.

Arlene was a great flight attendant. I also liked how one of the other flight attendants gave us a heads up about snacks and asked everyone to remove their headphones when it was their turn to order. Good idea.

I haven’t flown economy in over 20 years but it was not bad. Room by my feet for my bag and seat was roomy enough. Surprised in a good way.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

Dinner was good, but the breakfast served in the morning was horrible.

Packed in plane small uncomfortable seats elbow to elbow nobody wants to be in that situation for the money they paid

Terrible, if possible won't be flying again anytime soon!

It was amazing. I had several upgraded seats on my flight out. Everything went smooth with no delays.

Overall we had a good experience during our flight from San Francisco to Houston.

Very disappointing given gate agent behavior. Filed a formal complaint with United.

Flight delayed. WiFi connectivity very poor if not existant. Last minute arrival forced me to run to catch my connection.

The power at the seat didn't work and the seat itself was difficult to adjust - this was a business class seat. Flight attendant gave me miles to compensate. The attendant was very professional and on top of his game the entire flight.

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

They didn’t put my luggage on my transfer so I had to spend the night in Detroit. They said my luggage would be here in the morning and they’re still searching for it. It did not arrive apparently.

No WiFi, no outlets to charge phones, no complimentary beverages on a 6 hour flight

Flight was delayed more than 3 hours, and the metro had stopped running by the time we got to the terminal well past midnight, so I was stranded, alone, with no way to get home until the metro started up the next morning.

My flight was cancelled I missed time at work and got a parking ticket

Crew was very nice. Take off and landing were great. Economy seats are not comfortable. Extra cost for snacks.

The flight was delayed by 2 hours and we had no food or water or chargers

Horribly late because they had no crew!!! And then jet bridge didn’t work!! Then we arrived at a gate at lax miles away that we had to take a shuttle to a terminal!! I was over 3 hours late to getting the LA! Should have been here at 8:30 and at an appointment at 10:30 and arrived and left lax at 11 am!! Horrible experience!!!

Once again, the staff seem to think they are above the customers and treat everyone with disdain, belittling people.

Flight was canceled 8 hours before departure for lack of operational control and prepositioning of a plane. Then had the audacity to say it was because of weather, however there was no weather here in California or New Orleans or in between. It was the weather in Florida, Florida it had nothing to do with our flight path just the plane was supposed to fly us. 8 hours is more than enough time to move a plane anywhere in the US. That left me with a bill of 1200 dollars to re book a flight oh and kayaks insurance what a joke. Probably will never use kayak or spirit ever again terrible companies terrible customer service. I’ll also let everyone and anyone know this was an abomination and only for the customer. Also will be making a report to the DOT on bad business practices on behalf of kayak and spirit as well as the BBB. Do better, take care of your customers and don’t suck

it was terrible. flight was cancelled hours before the flight without a given reason and no other booking available .

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

The crew was mostly okay. The flight attendant who answered our questions was curt and unhelpful unfortunately. He seemed upset and I understand having off days.

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