$63 Find Cheap Flights from Kansas City to Houston

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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Kansas City to Houston, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$236
Overall average: $382
Spirit Airlines
Thu 1/8Mon 1/12
MCI - IAH • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$289
Typical prices: $335-$604
United Airlines
Wed 1/7Wed 1/14
MCI - IAH • Non-stop
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HOU is closer to downtown than IAH, saving time.
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Cheap Flights from Kansas City to Houston (MCI-HOU)

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

Thu, Jan 8 - Mon, Jan 12
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:26 am - 10:33 am
MCI
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IAH
23h 07m2 stops
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:15 pm - 4:09 pm
IAH
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MCI
23h 54m3 stops
$236Spirit Airlines
Sat, Jan 10 - Sun, Jan 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 11:55 pm
MCI
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IAH
16h 55m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 7:26 pm
IAH
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MCI
12h 41m1 stop
$238Multiple Airlines
Thu, Apr 9 - Mon, Apr 13
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:26 am - 11:56 pm
MCI
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IAH
12h 30m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:32 am - 7:51 pm
IAH
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MCI
8h 19m1 stop
$239Multiple Airlines
Sun, Jan 4 - Wed, Jan 7
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:45 pm - 10:37 am
MCI
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IAH
13h 52m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:54 am - 5:10 pm
IAH
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MCI
11h 16m1 stop
$241Multiple Airlines
Mon, Jan 5 - Mon, Jan 12
Frontier Logo
8:45 pm - 12:31 am
MCI
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IAH
27h 46m1 stop
Frontier Logo
10:25 am - 7:41 pm
IAH
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MCI
9h 16m1 stop
$242Frontier
Tue, Jan 13 - Sat, Jan 17
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 12:19 am
MCI
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IAH
17h 19m2 stops
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 10:31 am
IAH
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MCI
29h 26m3 stops
$244Spirit Airlines
Fri, Feb 13 - Sat, Feb 21
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:51 pm - 3:52 pm
MCI
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IAH
21h 01m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:22 pm - 10:30 am
IAH
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MCI
18h 08m1 stop
$245Multiple Airlines
Wed, Jan 7 - Wed, Jan 14
Southwest Logo
3:30 pm - 5:40 pm
MCI
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HOU
2h 10mnonstop
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8:40 pm - 10:40 pm
HOU
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MCI
2h 00mnonstop
$289Southwest
Wed, Jan 7 - Wed, Jan 14
Southwest Logo
3:30 pm - 5:40 pm
MCI
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HOU
2h 10mnonstop
Southwest Logo
9:00 am - 12:20 pm
HOU
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MCI
3h 20m1 stop
$295Southwest
Tue, Jan 13 - Sat, Jan 17
Delta Logo
4:00 pm - 10:33 pm
MCI
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HOU
6h 33m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:45 am - 12:42 pm
HOU
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MCI
6h 57m1 stop
$331Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Kansas City to Houston flights

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

What is the cheapest Kansas City to Houston flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Kansas City to Houston costs $322 on the route between Kansas City (MCI) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU). The most popular route is between Kansas City (MCI) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH).

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Kansas City to Houston, look for departures on Fridays and avoid leaving on a Tuesday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Houston, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Tuesday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Kansas City to Houston?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Houston, 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 Kansas City to Houston is August, where tickets cost $270 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $413 and $405 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Kansas City to Houston, 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 Kansas City to Houston, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 49% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 14 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Kansas City to Houston

 
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Airports
MCI

MCI's new terminal design makes navigation easy, with security right behind check-in and a short walk to gates.

IAH

IAH offers multiple transportation options, including rideshares and rental cars, with shuttles running frequently to the rental center.

HOU

HOU is closer to downtown than IAH, making rideshares cheaper and faster, taking about 20 minutes without traffic.

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Cheapest flight$63
Flight from Kansas City to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from Kansas City to Houston

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Kansas City to Houston?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Kansas City to Houston was $63 for a one-way ticket and $236 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes

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

    Kansas City is served by only 1 airport and there are 2 airports in Houston. You will leave Kansas City from Kansas City and you will be arriving in Houston at one of these airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Kansas City to Houston?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Kansas City to Houston?

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

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

    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 Kansas City to Houston.

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

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

    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 with an airline and back to Kansas City with another airline.

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

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

Prefer to fly direct from Kansas City to Houston?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Kansas City to Houston.
Find which airlines fly direct from Kansas City Airport to Houston, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Kansas City to Houston

Monday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Friday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

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Direct returns

Houston to Kansas City

Monday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Tuesday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Wednesday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Thursday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Friday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Saturday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

Sunday

Southwest, United Airlines

Southwest, United Airlines

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Kansas City to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Kansas City 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Kansas City to Houston? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4251 reviews
7.0Food
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
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No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

10.0 ExcellentIlevba, Nov 2025
DCA - DAL
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No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

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.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

I was re-booked onto another flight because my original flight was delayed and I would have missed my connector. I ended up in the “C” group after paying extra to be in the “A “ group on the original flight. At least if you’re going to re-book people, re-book them into the same group.

Was good. I miss the free 2 checked bags. That was part of what made Southwest special

Multiple delays and gate changes. Arrived at final destination 6 hours late. All rental cars had been taken.

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!

Ot was overall fine. Left on time and had basic snacks. Weather was finicky but that’s not the airlines fault.

Even though we were delayed, we were able to make our connection

Crew and customer service were excellent. This flight also had plenty of leg room and seat mounted screens for entertainment. A very pleasant flight all around!

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

Flight was good and crew was super polite. However, there were around 5 kids screaming the WHOLE 2 hours. I understand kids have to come but parents need to do something to control their children. They make the experience terrible, especially after finishing 16 hour shifts at the hospital I needed some sleep, which I did not get.

Armrest controller on my seat 35D and nextbooennseat 35E did not work right. Hard to press buttons to recognize and 35D had constantnpressure either upmost down somit was nearly impossible to make selections. .

I flew with my dog and had already purchased my dog’s ticket. Even that morning I had called costumer service to insure that my husband and I had seats together since the website was giving me an error when choosing our seats and the representative mentioned our dog. I showed up early to the airport and when I got to the gate and we started boarding I was help back and told that I was supposed to have a yellow tag and that I should have checked in at the counter for them to give me that tag. I was not aware of this, the representative on the phone did not say anything. Nor did I see it anywhere in the checking process online, so if you travel with a pet and are not checking in luggage, just know that you still have to go to the check in counter when arriving at the airport unless you want to be the last one to board and not have room for your carry on in the overhead bins. Other than that, I had a great experience.

This flight was perfect. No complaints and only the highest regard for the crew and ground staff and how they executed perfectly. I fly a lot with United and would request predictability and transparency in their operations instead of last minute changes.

This is for UA2274 from Houston to Sacramento. The flight was delayed arriving due to mechanical issues so we left about 3 hours later than scheduled. When boarding the plane the temperature inside was excessive - likely close to 100. Pilot apologized and said it was going to improve at altitude, which it did. But before that I honestly thought there might have been more delays removing passengers made ill from the heat. We were delayed leaving due to another mechanical issue. There was not water on the plane due to a panel that was not secured. They did that quickly, but the combination of mechanical issues was rather disturbing and did not reflect well on United.

United sent me a mileage plus number last year but that number is invalid so I can’t use it to check into flights or collect mileage. There is human to speak about the problem, only computers who keep asking me if I am using the correct email. It’s so frustrating and I cannot resolve it.

The boarding was as always, the crew tried their best but not enough. The food was a disaster I had dietary restrictions that were half met because the company did not loaded the food for the flight. The entertainment screen was fine but content was not and also they removed the free messaging option from the flight and they charged 30 dollars for that crappy bandwidth. This flight is not worth the cost and the company is going down on quality.

A little late at the start but all worked out well.

I liked the humor of the captain and crew on the flight from Flagstaff to Dallas. They were humorous.

After arriving in Dallas, the aircraft taxied for an unusually long time and was unable to park at the gate, which caused a significant delay and made me miss my connecting flight. I then had to wait in a very long line to be rebooked, and I was told that no hotel or meal accommodations would be provided. What is even more unacceptable is that my luggage was mishandled and has still not been located. My suitcase contains important medications that I urgently need, and I have been unable to access them due to the airline’s mishandling. This situation has caused me considerable stress and inconvenience, and I need this issue to be resolved immediately.

I appreciated that it was on time, safe and professional. I didn’t like that I wasn’t in a place where I had a window at my window seat. It would have been nice to know that in advance. If it was mentioned in the ticketing, I didn’t notice it.

I have a gluten allergy so didn't have any food

Baggage handling poor. Second time this has happened. My bag went to San Francisco instead of Fiji. No apology. Luckily Nadi airport staff are fantastic. My bag arrived in Fiji the next day.

Wish a flight with more than 2 hours with some snack rather than just cookie/biscuit.

Flight delayed and missed connection. Rescheduled flight cancelled after 6 hrs wait. Rerouted thru ORD, flight cancelled, overnight stay in ORD. Still in the air on new flight!

Delayed delayed delayed and no offer for food or vouchers

My baby was crying uncontrollably for the longest time and the entire crew was SO supportive, I’m so appreciative of them. Thank you so much for the support during an exhausting moment. We got very lucky.

Uncomfortable seats and tiny tray table. Expensive snacks. Flight was on time and crew was pleasant but take me back to Southwest!

Boarding and unboarding processes were pretty smooth. I gave a low score for Boarding because of how my flight was missing from all the boards at the airport, and when I checked the flight status on the Spirit website, it said it would be departing from Terminal E, gate D15. There are no "D" gates in terminal E.

The flight was on time and the crew was very professional and accommodating. When other airlines are canceling flights Spirit is still flying with on time flights. I have no complaints and will continue to choose Spirit when it is the best option for me.

Prices for bags are extremely expensive and if you go higher on weight, the charge is ridiculous.

Waited at the airport for over 4 hours to board this flight. Terrible airline

Flight was good and on time. Everyone was nice. Seats aren't very comfortable

The seats are too small the plane makes weird noise when landing 🛬

For the minimalist experience, it is really a great ride-- feels a little like public transport i guess

I didn't order food. I requested a Tomato juice and was given a boody mary mix. The serve needs to warn the customer what their given. It wasn't a huge deal, but I wasted $4.50.

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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