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Cheap Flights from Hobby to San Francisco (HOU-SFO)

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

Fri, Aug 29 - Sun, Aug 31
American Airlines Logo
8:25 pm - 12:05 amHOU-SFO
5h 40m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 3:50 pmSFO-HOU
6h 50m1 stop
$265American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 11 - Tue, Sep 16
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 1:07 pmHOU-SFO
9h 07m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 8:11 pmSFO-HOU
11h 11m1 stop
$277American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 20 - Mon, Aug 25
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:58 pmHOU-SFO
8h 58m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 8:20 amSFO-HOU
6h 30m1 stop
$297American Airlines
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Mon, Aug 11 - Sat, Aug 16
American Airlines Logo
8:51 am - 4:43 pmHOU-SFO
9h 52m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:45 am - 9:44 amSFO-HOU
6h 59m1 stop
$298American Airlines
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Mon, Aug 4 - Mon, Aug 11
Southwest Logo
7:55 pm - 12:10 amHOU-SFO
6h 15m1 stop
Southwest Logo
9:05 pm - 8:35 amSFO-HOU
9h 30m1 stop
$317Southwest
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Thu, Sep 11 - Tue, Sep 16
Southwest Logo
7:55 am - 12:10 pmHOU-SFO
6h 15m1 stop
Southwest Logo
7:00 am - 7:45 pmSFO-HOU
10h 45m2 stops
$322Southwest
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Sun, Jul 20 - Wed, Jul 30
Sun Country Air Logo
6:06 pm - 8:11 amHOU-SFO
16h 05m1 stop
Sun Country Air Logo
6:11 pm - 5:00 pmSFO-HOU
20h 49m1 stop
$345Sun Country Air
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Tue, Aug 26 - Sat, Aug 30
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 11:45 amHOU-SFO
7h 45m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:29 am - 5:39 pmSFO-HOU
8h 10m1 stop
$351Delta
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Sun, Jul 20 - Wed, Jul 23
Sun Country Air Logo
6:06 pm - 10:53 pmHOU-SFO
30h 47m1 stop
Sun Country Air Logo
6:05 pm - 5:12 pmSFO-HOU
21h 07m1 stop
$385Sun Country Air
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Tue, Jul 22 - Tue, Aug 12
Delta Logo
10:02 am - 5:24 pmHOU-SFO
9h 22m1 stop
Delta Logo
11:59 pm - 9:26 amSFO-HOU
7h 27m1 stop
$394Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Hobby to San Francisco flights

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

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Planning a trip from Hobby to San Francisco? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

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

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

When flying from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Wednesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Houston Hobby Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco, 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 Hobby Airport to San Francisco is February, where tickets cost $294 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $459 and $459 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco, 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 Hobby Airport to San Francisco, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonApril
High seasonJune
Cheapest flight$133
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 11% increase in price.
Flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco

When to book flights from Hobby to San Francisco

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

  • Where can I sleep at San Francisco International Airport (SFO)?

    FreshenUp has several nap rooms inside the international terminal on level G that you can rent by the hour. The nap rooms have free Wi-Fi, a desk, a mirror, and a bed. Showers are available at an additional cost. If you wish to stay at a hotel, book your stay at the Grand Hyatt at SFO. The establishment is within airport grounds and you can get to the hotel using the SFO AirTrain. They offer day rooms and overnight stays and an on-site restaurant.

  • Does William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) offer accessibility services?

    HOU is an accessible airport, providing many services to cater to the needs of passengers. Passengers with limited mobility can count on wheelchair assistance, reserved parking spots, accessible restrooms, and stair-free options. Low-vison passengers at HOU will have access to Aira services and the airport welcomes service dogs. If you wish, you can request assistance from the airport ambassadors. The hard of hearing have TDD telephones and the airport also offers visual paging services.

  • Does San Francisco International Airport offer family services?

    Passengers traveling with infants have private nursing rooms where they can feed their babies. The nursing rooms include comfortable seating, power outlets, and changing tables. They are available in terminals 1 and 3 and in terminal 2. Cloud of Good at SFO also provides car seats and strollers for rent at SFO. You can order them online and pick them up from their onsite kiosks. The airport has also provided play areas in all three terminals where your kids can be entertained after the flight. The play areas are around gates 54A, 58B, 22, 62, and 87A.

  • What are the transport options from San Francisco International Airport?

    SFO is served by the San Francisco BART which offers its services to downtown and the surrounding regions. You can take the BART from the International Terminal at boarding area G. You can connect to CalTrain, which offers its services to the larger San Francisco and San Jose region with the SFO BART train. SFO is also served by SamTrans, a bus service that runs from the airport to the surrounding regions. The bus operates three routes and you can find them outside baggage claim in terminals 2 and 3 and from level 1 courtyard A in the international terminal.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco was $133 for a one-way ticket and $265 for a round-trip.

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

    A passport is not required to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to San Francisco from Houston Hobby Airport?

    Denver is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Houston to San Francisco are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $290 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $448 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 Hobby Airport to San Francisco.

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

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

    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 San Francisco with an airline and back to Houston Hobby Airport with another airline. Booking your flights between Houston Hobby Airport and SFO 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 Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Houston Hobby Airport to San Francisco

  • George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) is a massive airport with five terminals. IAH has provided an underground train for inter-terminal connections and a skyway.
  • Pets are welcome at IAH. The airport has provided four pet relief stations, all after security, in terminals B, C, D, and E.
  • United Airlines is the only local airline with a lounge at IAH. You can pay at the door to access this lounge and it has multiple locations: two in terminal C and one in terminals A, B, and E.
  • Around 744 kg of carbon is emitted on flights from Houston to San Francisco. You can fly more sustainably with Frontier Airlines, which offers a flight that emits 46% less carbon per passenger.
  • Xpress Spa in terminal A near gate A17 is a good spot to de-stress before your flight to San Francisco. They offer express spa services at IAH and operate between 5 am and 10 pm.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Hobby to San Francisco

 
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4270 reviews
8.6Crew
7.0Food
7.6Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.2Boarding
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First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

8.0 ExcellentMichael, Jun 2025PHX - SAN
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First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

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.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

I loved having a most black flight crew during Black History Month; rather by design or accident I appreciated the representation. ❤️

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Boarding gate in Honolulu was staffed with a great clerk with a soothing voice despite the flight delay of over an hour. Flight attendants in the plane were all grumpy, not pleasant looking bunch. Their sour attitude showed throughout the flight. Inly able to get a select few movies started. Most of the movie links in the “free entertainment” did not work.

I flew Business Class. Rory, one of the Cabin stewards, was attentive, explained the menu, provided appropriate drinks. was

This was a horrible experience. For a first class experience, my chair was held together by 3M tape - and I have a photo. The crew weren’t very attentive, somewhat dismissive and forgot my drink and snack, the chair reclined about 3 inches on a 6-hour cross country flight. I was also not informed that there was no lounge available in Newark airport because of renovations, so all around this was one of the worst experiences and I would actively avoid both American and Alaska Air going forward.

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

They changed my seat from one that I had paid for as an upgrade to a regular seat at the last minute.

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

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

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

They canceled flight. Hard to believe there was even a plane incoming for us to get on

Book with frontier airlines with the mentality that they'll cancel your flight, kick you off and lose your luggage. Anything besides that is a win. Compare prices with other airlines (to include luggage) and if frontier is still worth it, book it but know all of their policies.

Plane was down graded and I lost my uncharged exit row with more leg room. No mention or offer of refund from podium. Flight attendant was nice to explain this happens often and that I could request a refund via online form submission. I did this and have heard nothing back.

Horrendous. I do not recommend Frontier. The passengers lack manners and decency, and the flight attendants lack professionalism. If I wasn’t in a bind to fly with 48 hours notice for a job interview, I would not have selected a flight with Frontier and I never plan to fly with them in the future.

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

The seats were hard molded plastic covered in plastic vinyl. And the scam to charge people extra to sit together. Don’t they know we can just ask someone to trade seats. And watching the staff separate young children from parents… super classy. We had to guilt them into offering up our seats. This companies policies suck. Don’t give them your money.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

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