$98 Find Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Houston

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Cheapest round-trip
$269
Overall average: $481
Alaska Airlines, Frontier
Wed 4/29Sun 5/3
SMF - IAH • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$317
Typical prices: $459-$823
United Airlines
Tue 4/7Tue 4/14
SMF - IAH • Non-stop
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United's Economy Plus offers extra legroom on this route.
Houston Hobby's ride to downtown is quicker and cheaper.
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Cheap Flights from Sacramento to Houston (SMF-HOU)

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

Wed, Apr 29 - Sun, May 3
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5:04 pm - 5:16 am
SMF
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IAH
10h 12m
1 stop
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10:49 am - 10:05 am
IAH
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SMF
25h 16m
1 stop
$269Multiple Airlines
Sat, Apr 4 - Mon, Apr 6
Frontier Logo
10:19 am - 8:22 pm
SMF
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IAH
8h 03m
1 stop
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6:45 am - 10:56 am
IAH
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SMF
6h 11m
1 stop
$270Frontier
Fri, Apr 10 - Wed, Apr 15
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8:27 am - 3:09 pm
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IAH
28h 42m
2 stops
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10:15 pm - 10:05 am
IAH
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SMF
13h 50m
1 stop
$271Multiple Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Sun, Apr 26
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6:56 pm - 1:27 pm
SMF
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IAH
16h 31m
1 stop
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10:49 am - 10:05 am
IAH
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SMF
25h 16m
1 stop
$275Multiple Airlines
Fri, Apr 10 - Sun, Apr 12
Frontier Logo
11:46 am - 12:48 am
SMF
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IAH
11h 02m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
10:56 pm - 11:01 am
IAH
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SMF
14h 05m
1 stop
$277Frontier
Sat, Apr 4 - Mon, Apr 6
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10:19 am - 8:22 pm
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IAH
8h 03m
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6:45 am - 10:56 am
IAH
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SMF
6h 11m
1 stop
$280Frontier
Wed, Apr 8 - Wed, Apr 15
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4:15 pm - 11:35 pm
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HOU
5h 20m
1 stop
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6:05 pm - 8:10 pm
HOU
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SMF
4h 05mnonstop
$327Southwest
Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 22
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7:00 am - 12:40 pm
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HOU
3h 40mnonstop
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6:05 pm - 8:10 pm
HOU
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SMF
4h 05mnonstop
$331Southwest
Wed, Apr 8 - Wed, Apr 15
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2:55 pm - 11:25 pm
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HOU
6h 30m
1 stop
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2:40 pm - 7:55 pm
HOU
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SMF
7h 15m
1 stop
$337Southwest
Wed, Apr 29 - Mon, May 4
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5:15 am - 1:45 pm
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HOU
6h 30m
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9:00 pm - 11:05 pm
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4h 05mnonstop
$345Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Sacramento to Houston flights

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

What is the cheapest Sacramento to Houston flight route?

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

The absolute cheapest return flight from Sacramento to Houston costs $266 on the route between Sacramento (SMF) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH). However, over the past month, flights between Sacramento (SMF) and Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) were, on average, 4% cheaper than other Sacramento-Houston routes. The most popular route is between Sacramento (SMF) and Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH).

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Houston on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Sacramento, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Houston is September, where tickets cost $340 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $507 and $503 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Houston, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 42% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Sacramento to Houston

 
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Expert on SMF

Bill is an award-winning travel writer with extensive credits covering airlines and the aviation industry for publications including AARP, AFAR, The Points Guy and Yahoo. Based in Portland, Oregon, Bill has traveled to more than 75 countries - and been late for his flight in most of them. He once achieved top-level frequent flier status for all of American, Delta and United Airlines during a single year.

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Yulia Denisyuk

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Yulia is a freelance journalist who’s dispatched from 90+ countries. Her work focuses on cultures, adventure trips and air travel, appearing in NatGeo, NYT, CNTraveler, and more. For past assignments, she’s stayed with nomads in Mongolia and learned the art of Imigongo in Rwanda. She’s based in Chicago; in winter she often questions that decision.

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Cheapest flight$98
Flight from Sacramento to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights from Sacramento to Houston

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

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sacramento to Houston?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sacramento to Houston was $98 for a one-way ticket and $269 for a round-trip.

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

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

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

    On your way to Houston, you’ll fly out from Sacramento Intl. You’ll be landing in one of Houston’s 2 airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sacramento to Houston?

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

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sacramento 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 Sacramento to Houston.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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 Sacramento with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sacramento 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 Sacramento up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Sacramento to Houston?

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

Direct departures

Sacramento Intl 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 Sacramento Intl

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 Sacramento to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4318 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

6.0 GoodChris, Mar 2026
DAL - SAT
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I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The new seating arrangement is so over priced for what you get.

Snacks are always pretzels. Why can't you also offer peanuts ?

Flight was hours late, unable to sit next to spouse, I have had so much better experiences. Substantially better, only saving grace was that it was a short flight.

An entire day of delays. Cost lots of money. Meals and a hotel.

Only downside was the legroom and seat width, which is always a problem unless I spend more for a premium seat.

Great flight but super high price. Glad it was a business trip and not personal

On time. Friendly staff. Took to long to pre bord all the specialty groups. Cramped small plane

No delays and arrived to destination 30 min early. Staff was super friendly.

Everything a cheap airline should be at normal airline rates.

The travel company that you have on your site did me so wrong. I don’t know how it happened, but they put my son‘s name on my plane ticket flying to Vietnam. Along with his birthday. They would not have let me fly from Fort Myers to Ho Chi Minh City. I don’t think that I can ever use your service again. I typed my information into the browser along with my passport number and four days before I’m leaving I have to quickly search another ticket to fly out here.

Good flight. Efficient boarding and competent flight crew. No problems until we arrived at our destination gate. We were early so there was an aircraft at the gate that had to move before we could pull in. Then, due to the type of aircraft we flew, the cabin door could not be opened until some luggage from the cargo bay was offloaded to preserve center of gravity characteristics. So, that further delayed deplaning. Despite being 20 minutes early on landing, we ended up being 5 to 10 minutes late after all the delays.

This trip did not start off well. The inbound flight was delayed about 20 minutes. Then, after initial onboarding, the passengers had to deplane due to a mechanical problem. That took about 30 minutes to fix and be cleared. Then, reboarding was chaotic. It took a long time to sort passengers and two passengers on standby were ticketed but there was no seat. So, they had to deplane. One of the flight crew was trying to help passengers figure out a place to put their carry-on bags and that took more time. In the end, our scheduled 10:30 am departure did not actually take off until about 12:05 pm CST. The flight itself was long but we got to Houston. Some passengers missed their connecting flights and had to rebook. Not the best of flights I've had.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

Everything was great except for the boarding process. Everyone is lining up all at the same time and it’s hard to tell between the groups as they are way too large.

Women boarding passengers at the gate was absolutely rude and disrespectful of passengers. The flight attendant was absolutely delightful! Smiling and connected with the passengers. So happy. The seats are cramped and uncomfortable but I guess that’s just the way it is Communication regarding flight was excellent

Very old flight - time to retire it for newer airplanes

Do not like the size of the overhead bin. I think staff should monitor the size of suitcases that are being carried on by passengers to ensure they meet the size requirement.

Everything except the food and entertainment. It was a great experience though

It was a pretty standard flight... until the almost hour and a half spent on the taxi way. I get that the weather has been poor but the delay had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with a plane with several issues tying up the gate. I get that that happens from time to time but this has been EVERY flight I've been on for the past 5 years and I fly 3 to 5 times a year. This isn't just United... it's American, it's Delta. It's an issue with the entire industry. I work for UPS and packages on a cargo plane get better service than people do these days. Anymore I HATE flying.

Where do I start!! I was delayed with my flight from Dallas to Tampa. On the way back from Tampa to Dallas the flight was delayed over 4 hours+. I was put on another flight that was also delayed but not as long. Traveling on American Airlines is becoming exhausing.

Dloght delayed by 2.5 hrs . Common theme in my last four american floghts

The flight attendants and the service is getting worse by the day.

They are rarely on time! Very hard to plan your travels when flights or connections keep getting delayed.

Forced to check bags. Crew uninterested in collecting trash. Unclean seats.

Mediocre would be best description. Food bland. Seat biz class uncomfortable to sleep. Crew never dimmed lights completely in an overnight flight to Europe. Would avoid AA if possible.

Massimo, flight attendant was very authentic, attentive - wonderful. Food/wrap was just okay.

I am an AA flyer for a very long time... AA has yet to disappoint.

Arriving plane went to wrong gate. Flight Attendant was late. Was in no Hurry when he arrived. Flight was fine. Plane had to wait 20 minutes to get assigned a gate due to designated gate tied up. barely connected.. Boarded extremely late on final leg of trip.

See prior comment about how Kayak mishandled my reservation and delayed my arrival by 6 hours.

flight delayed because of poor staffing and organization - confusion from gate agents and flight attendant supervisors scheduling a missing flight attendant. flight delay 1 hr 30 min

My flight was delayed by over an hour and the turbulance was horrible.

This flight cancelled. I am in the airport right now and my kids sleep on the floor. We are waiting for information in the line 4 hours and rude woman from spirit airline offers us flight to Austin on 23 February. No water no food offer. The offer to book hotel and they will refund 150$. The nearest hotel 450$ per night. So I got flight to San Antonio 02/22 at 7am. I hate this company, they are rude and no empathy. So many people with kids were there. And I don’t sleep and it is cold here. I don’t have warm clothes for me and my kids. And I don’t have money for transport from San Antonio to my Austin.

The flight was delayed over an hour which got us into DFW at approximately 2:20 am

Terrible. Spirit cancelled the flight with 3 hours notice and were absolutely no help getting another flight. Had to make my own reservation on another airline and arrived in Dallas 12 hours later.

They cancelled the flight due to crew unavailability. The next day they cancelled the flight again.

That gate is like a ducking shelter at Newark No where to sit Outlets that don’t work Bathrooms that are dirty

For the cost you can't e too critical, but the inablitiy to recline the seat and minimal cushioning in the seats made for a less than comfortable flight. Other than that we had an ealry departure and arrival, boarding was smooth.

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!

Remind customers of the need to have passport or new ID for boarding.

The flight never took off and we spent 7 hours at the airport

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

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.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

baggage clamed had to wait over a hour and half for all people on my flight it was terrible

My flight was canceled I was promised a reginf still not received.

The confirmation # CK8GNW and my name was not recognized/in Frontier system. I was able to check in on Frintier app so i went to the Frontier ticket agent, at time they told me that my name/ confirmation did not show up as a purchased ticket. I had to purchase a new ticket that cost $289.00 one way.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

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