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Cheapest round-trip
$167
Typical prices: $136-$297
Frontier
Thu 10/15Mon 10/19
IAH - RDU • Non-stop
Cheapest non-stop
$168
Typical prices: $133-$296
Frontier
Thu 10/22Mon 10/26
IAH - RDU • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Houston to Raleigh

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

Thu, Oct 15 - Mon, Oct 19
Frontier Logo
11:19 am - 3:05 pm
IAH
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RDU
2h 46mnonstop
Frontier Logo
4:05 pm - 3:05 pm
RDU
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IAH
24h 00m
1 stop
$167Frontier
Thu, Oct 22 - Sun, Oct 25
Frontier Logo
1:35 pm - 12:17 am
IAH
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RDU
9h 42m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
2:09 pm - 4:14 pm
RDU
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IAH
3h 05mnonstop
$168Frontier
Thu, Aug 13 - Sun, Aug 16
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12:16 pm - 10:44 pm
IAH
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RDU
9h 28m
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9:03 pm - 8:45 am
RDU
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IAH
12h 42m
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$182Multiple Airlines
Sat, Aug 15 - Wed, Aug 19
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8:02 pm - 8:11 am
IAH
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RDU
11h 09m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:48 pm - 8:02 am
RDU
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IAH
11h 14m
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$198Multiple Airlines
Tue, Sep 8 - Wed, Sep 9
United Airlines Logo
12:10 pm - 3:59 pm
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RDU
2h 49mnonstop
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5:05 pm - 7:09 pm
RDU
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IAH
3h 04mnonstop
$241United Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Wed, Aug 19
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7:40 am - 11:26 am
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RDU
2h 46mnonstop
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5:05 pm - 7:09 pm
RDU
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3h 04mnonstop
$257United Airlines
Mon, Aug 24 - Mon, Aug 31
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2:40 pm - 6:20 pm
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RDU
2h 40mnonstop
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5:05 pm - 6:50 pm
RDU
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HOU
2h 45mnonstop
$257Southwest
Thu, Oct 29 - Mon, Nov 2
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3:05 pm - 6:40 pm
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RDU
2h 35mnonstop
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5:50 pm - 7:50 pm
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3h 00mnonstop
$257Southwest
Tue, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 1
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6:00 am - 11:46 am
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RDU
4h 46m
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4:50 pm - 11:13 pm
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HOU
7h 23m
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$261Delta
Tue, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 1
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5:39 am - 12:50 pm
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RDU
6h 11m
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6:00 pm - 10:11 pm
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5h 11m
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$261Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Raleigh flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Houston to Raleigh 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 Raleigh?

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 Raleigh departing in October.

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Raleigh from Houston usually cost between $178 and $393 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $167 on Frontier (Oct 15-Oct 19).

What is the cheapest Houston to Raleigh flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Houston to Raleigh costs $152 on the route between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Raleigh (RDU). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 36% cheaper than other Houston-Raleigh routes. It is also the most popular route.

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Raleigh on a Thursday, 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 Raleigh. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Friday and avoiding Wednesdays for the best deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Raleigh, 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 Raleigh is January, where tickets cost $180 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $390 and $356 respectively.

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

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 Raleigh, 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 Raleigh, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 22% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight

$72
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Raleigh

When to book flights from Houston to Raleigh

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Raleigh?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Raleigh was $72 for a one-way ticket and $167 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston to Raleigh?

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

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

    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 Raleigh.

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

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

    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 Raleigh 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 Raleigh?

    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 Raleigh 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 Raleigh?

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

Houston to Raleigh-Durham

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Frontier,United Airlines

Frontier,United Airlines

Wednesday

Frontier,United Airlines

Frontier,United Airlines

Thursday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

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Direct returns

Raleigh-Durham to Houston

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Frontier,United Airlines

Frontier,United Airlines

Wednesday

Frontier,United Airlines

Frontier,United Airlines

Thursday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Raleigh

 
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4227 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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No wifi, seems to be very common with Southwest currently. Everything else was normal.

8.0 ExcellentSean, Jul 2026
HOU - LGB
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No wifi, seems to be very common with Southwest currently. Everything else was normal.

It was good. Last flight was delayed but I always say that is in God's plan

Flight was delayed by 2 hours, meaning that a flight to Dwnver which should have arrived at 11pm came into the airport at 1 am. Made for a very long day.

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.

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 price of the tickets isn't matching the flight experience. No matter how long the flight is, you're only getting pretzels. The flight attendants looked unkept and over it.

I liked the boarding by group and numbers. I didn't like my inability to guarantee our seats together. I didn't like the $8/flight for Internet, but I did appreciate the inflight movie options on their app. I didn't like that there were no charging stations on the seats during either of our flights. One flight was over 3 hours.

My experience was find with Southwest. The only issue I have is...at the exact time for me to check in...I don't understand how I always end up in C.

Very helpful, convenient, nice crew members, no extra fees, helped us saving 4 hrs of travel by booking is on an earlier flight

I thought the service was very nice and pleasant. There were no hiccups and no issues so overall a good experience.

Could not get my connecting flight boarding pass until four hrs before departure! Ver annoying especially since the staff could not explain why!

Smooth boarding, pleasant and professional lady checking us in. Crew service was excellent, again pleasant, but professional. Nice touch-down on landing! Thank you Delta. 💗

Very smooth, on-time, and pleasantly uneventful flight. The team at the gate and on board were professional and genuinely courteous. The pilot kept us well updated throughout, and both takeoff and landing were steady and enjoyable without any drama. Just a good, solid flight. Thank you! 💗

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Great experience on Delta. Staff from baggage check to flight attendants were very courteous and professional. My only issue was a personal preference for pretzels instead of the chips and cookies that were offered.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Great service. Flight was delayed while we sat on the runway for a couple of hours. Weather related. Staff made is very bearable. The steward servicing the first class cabin was exceptional. Thank you! 💗

Customer service at the gate in the flight was exceptional. On time. Aircraft and seat was decent. Thanks Delta. 💗

Canceled last minute. Also canceled another flight that my brother was supposed to be on. Delta is horrible now. Never flying them again.

The experience with United Airlines was excellent; however, the experience with Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) was horrible. Although our flight departed from Terminal B, we had to go through security in Terminal C and then get on a train for travel to Terminal B. Additionally, there was significant walking required to get to the boarding location.

Unbelievably smooth boarding at IAH and the flight attendants were top notch.

As I wrote earlier, poor planning and/or communication. At least twice, we were told that we would be boarding in less than ten minutes, only to have the flight again delayed at least another hour.

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Terrible. No customer service, no food, no drinks on a 6 hour premier economy booking.

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

The LH flight was great except for the delay at boarding. It should be announced well in tme.

Compared with other carriers business class for an overnight was not worth the extra expense.

Nothing wrong with the flight itself. But due to 2+ hrs waiting in immigration and the additional security checkup in O’hare, I nearly missed the flight.

Another late flight from United. We never got the exact reason why. When we got on the plane, the staff seemed to spend a very long time just milling around in the front of the plane. I also never figured out why the door to the cockpit was open for so long prior to leaving. All in all just a poor performance again from United. There is a reason we did not choose United for the international legs of this recent trip, overall dissatisfaction.

Horrible experience flying with American. Flight was delayed due to inbound flight delay. Fine, it happens. Then, we were delayed an additional almost 30 minutes due to the paperwork for departure having a "clerical error." Then, upon landing at the destination airport we were stuck on the plane for an HOUR after we landed and pulled up to the gate because apparently there was another plane. An hour waiting for the gate 12:30 AM when the flight has already been delayed due to operational error feels like a complete failure of the ability to do the one thing they need to do apart from actually have the plane takeoff and land. Very disappointing.

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

Flight was on-time, boarding was flawless and the crew was friendly.

My flight from LGA was cancelled and my rebooked flight from JFK was delayed numerous times. I will now be getting home after 2am.

It would have been nice if American tried to care.

We arrived 25 minutes early only to be told our gate was occupied and so we sat for close to 30 minutes to pull into a gate. That’s not an early arrival!

Terrible. Cancelled my original flight. It made getting a boarding pass difficult. The AA employee (in a loud voice, so everyone around could hear) griped at me for not getting a boarding pass 24 hours before. I asked how I was supposed to do that when I had no idea what flight I was going to be on. She said (loudly), “Talk to AA customer service, not me!” I could certainly tell serving customers was not important to her. Our new flight was set to a completely different city. We had to change our rental car, and the price went way up. It took 2-1/2 hours to get checked in. By then our new flight had left. We ended up on stand by and had to split up the family to get to our destination. It cost us the whole first day of the trip. AA needs to employ people who actually care about doing a good job. I suppose those people are getting harder to find, but atleast try.

There were five broken seats on the plane. The crew was very rude in telling people they had to get off the plane and get a flight the next day. No call for volunteers, but telling people they had to get off. One woman was flying with her elderly mother and daughter and was told she had to leave or all three had to leave. Fortunately, a volunteer offered to stay. The situation was handled poorly.

The flight was great, and I have never ridden in first class previously so I don't have any practical knowledge of the norm. The flight out to DFW was delayed and I sat in economy which was as expected, not nearly as spoiled as I was in first class which had more general room but that is par for the course. I have no complaints and will wait until I fly American again before I can make a valid improvement. I will fly American again in the future.

It was a disaster, delayed and my gate changed like 6 times and I was walking a like crazy to every gate they updated.

Finally a Frontier on time and efficient. I've had problems before with your airline, but this time everything went fine.

We were delayed three times ,and that destroyed my plans, and reservations

The reps working at the airport counter were dumber than a second coat of paint.

Delayed each time on a round trip with no significant weather interference. Updates to flight times came after the fact. 30 min behind in boarding and board and phone still show an on time departure. Some mysterious extra 300 miles that came so surprising they had to fuel while we were already on board?

One crew member was rude about our bags. Be nice about it. We don’t fly a lot. And the fact that you have to pay for a carry on is ridiculous

The flight attendant was arguing with a passenger before takeoff. The passenger was frustrated but the flight attendant should have handled it with grace, but instead she was nasty and rude. The seats were comfortable and the flight was uneventful. I wish we didn’t have to pay for drinks or snacks but that’s what you get with a budget airline.

Airline changed the gate from Terminal A to Terminal D which is quite far and only sent a text message few minutes before boarding. Around 50 people missed their flight and as plane didn’t wait for them.

Did not get the extra leg room i paid for.

Direct flight I like, Did not like all the delays

Delayed over 2 hours on the way there, and back, no free drinks, no free water, no Wifi, bathroom dirty!

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