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$129 Find Cheap Flights from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport

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Cheapest round-trip
$257
Typical prices: $303-$98
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TPA - HOU • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$129
Typical prices: $84-$168
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Thu 5/14
TPA - HOU • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from Tampa to Hobby (TPA-HOU)

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

Fri, May 15 - Mon, May 18
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5:40 am - 7:05 am
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7:35 pm - 10:35 pm
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$257Southwest
Fri, May 15 - Mon, May 18
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3h 40m
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$263Southwest
Thu, May 14 - Thu, May 14
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2h 25mnonstop
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4:00 pm - 11:30 pm
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6h 30m
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$267Southwest
Fri, May 15 - Sun, May 17
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5:40 am - 7:05 am
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2h 25mnonstop
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9:05 pm - 12:05 am
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2h 00mnonstop
$277Southwest
Fri, May 15 - Sun, May 17
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6:35 pm - 11:10 pm
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5h 35m
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9:05 pm - 12:05 am
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2h 00mnonstop
$287Southwest
Fri, May 15 - Wed, May 20
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5:40 am - 7:05 am
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$292Southwest
Fri, May 15 - Sun, May 17
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4:45 pm - 9:05 pm
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5h 20m
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6:05 pm - 12:20 am
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5h 15m
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$297Southwest
Fri, May 15 - Wed, May 20
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2h 25mnonstop
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2:40 pm - 9:50 pm
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6h 10m
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$302Southwest
Thu, May 14 - Thu, May 14
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$305Southwest
Fri, May 8 - Sun, May 10
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2h 25mnonstop
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5:00 am - 11:55 am
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$307Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Tampa to Hobby flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport departing in May.

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

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport, 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 Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport is May, where tickets cost $171 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $338 and $280 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport, 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 Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 49% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 18% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport flights

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport was $129 for a one-way ticket and $257 for a round-trip.

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

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport?

    JetBlue, American Airlines, Delta, and Alaska Airlines offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport flight route.

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

    The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport flight route.

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

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

  • On which days can I fly direct from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport?

    There are nonstop flights from Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport on a daily basis.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Tampa to Houston are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $259 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $386 and an overall rating of 7.9.

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

    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 Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport.

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

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

    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 Hobby Airport with an airline and back to Tampa with another airline. Booking your flights between Tampa and HOU 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 Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport?

    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 Hobby Airport from Tampa 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 Tampa to Houston Hobby Airport

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $175 or less one-way and $343 or less round-trip.

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Tampa to Hobby

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Tampa 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.
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Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

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Southwest is kind of a slum airline. It’s gotten more expensive over the years for less and less service. I am a Southwest Chase Visa card holder and was forced to choose a seat in the 26th row in the middle seat. However my wife who is a rewards member but doesn’t hold a card or anything else, gets randomly assigned a normally paid seat in row 6! How does that work?

The seat was not comfortable. 1D. My back was sore all night and the next day.

One of the best airlines for fast boarding, on time arrivals, and top notch service!

Long layover between flights to Long Island from BWI - need better coordination between flights

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.

The WiFi was horrific. I fly delta often and love their (usually reliable and free) WiFi. On this flight it was intermittent and when it did connect was extremely slow. I couldn’t get any work done while I was on the flight which was extremely frustrating. I was also in the exit row seat where there is now immediate seat in front of you, so while the leg room was nice, I couldn’t even watch the TV when the internet wasn’t working. Finally, for the last 20 mins of the flight, the announcement indicator came on the TV screens and took them over, even though no announcement was being made. Really disappointed.

Crew was great. Near on time departure and early arrival. Snacks are always meh. Not a fan of the "pay for everything including miles " proposal unless base flight rate going to be 100 bucks.

On the return flight, flight attendant Britt went out of her way to inform passengers that several of us had tight connections.

Too many people are taking up space in the overhead bins with their extra piece of luggage. Since they cannot fit their backpacks or extra luggage piece under the seat in front of them, they store it in the overheads and thus taking up room for other passengers. It wasn’t only one or two persons; more like 12 or 13 passengers.

Smaller plane for a longer flight than my first one. Doesn’t make sense.

Kayak botched up the booking, i had to call delta and fix. In the process Delta failed to honor my comfort plus seat assignment that i had previously.

Perhaps when you’re sitting in 1st class and the crew closes the bathroom for the pilots, there could be a notification other than holding your hands up as a blockade when you get there and you’re told the restrooms are closed please turn around … especially at night when visibility is poor and you’re met by a flight attendants with their arms up

Loved flying First Class. Very comfortable. The seat was amazing. Enjoyed a movie and was able to relax so much better than in coach.

We landed and sat on the tarmac for 45 minutes because they only have one gate at the airport and there was another plane running late so we had to wait

Another late night flight and MORE men belligerently drinking and yelling. I had to move from first to economy because they were so obnoxious and disruptive. Crazy to go from a cozy chair to cardboard when you were supposed to be in first. Delta allows was too much drinking which leads to belligerent behavior.

Overall flight was ok. Flight attendant was receptive to assisting passengers with tight connections.

This was the first flight in the morning. We boarded fine. The cabin door was closed and we were ready to go. We were notified by the Captain that ATC issued and ground stop for 40 minutes. So, without even pushing back from the gate, we were already 40 minutes late. We actually were released to push-back and taxi at 30 minutes. But, some passengers had tight connections and were not going to make their connections. Some passengers asked about the delay and the effect on the connections and were told by the cabin attendant that all flights will be delayed and so they should be OK. However, that was not true. My connecting flight was on time and I arrived at IAH with 21 minutes to make my connection. I did and I'm happy about that, but the flight crew should not have given assurances to the passengers who might have missed their connections.

Flights were on time actually early service was good and crew cheerful

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

Fine. The issues I had were associated with luggage being delayed from Turkey to Tanzania

We purchase first class seats for the first time for multiples of standard economy ticket. There was no access to the club lounge and no priority boarding. The meal and the service once on the plane were superior and the seat was nicer, but not worth the price difference. I will be happy to seat in economy and spend the difference on more travel.

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

United is one airline which regardless of how many separate United tickets in existence, if one flight breaks down, the airline will take care of all the flights.

Everything was on time and service on the flight was great!

Wifi Bluetooth features for watching in flight movie was horrible. Screen kept blacking out no connection of sound although it said connected. Other than that smooth trip .

My first time experience with Spirit Air was not good at all.The reason i did not know to cancel 24Hrs before flight depature you do charge cancellation fee. It's ridiculous policy.Actually you should provide full voucher instead of charging cancellation fee. Confirmation Code# ZNVPHG Thanks Much , Rita S

Food and entertainment see irrelevant to rate them as that’s not really an option anymore. The flight was fast and friendly. The plane was immaculately clean.

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

The most horrible flight ever not only Spirit delayed our flight 2 hours departure time for a 1 hour flight — that I could have driven FLL to TPA and spend less time on the road —- and they did the same on the return with 2-hr delay again!!! Then to top all, the rubber like and most unconfortable seats in the industry with no leg room!!! There should be an award for these kinds of companies measuring % of returning customers!!!

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!

Flight was delayed. (To be excepted because of TSA shortage) I’m super short and still struggled with leg room, there was no screen, and the seat didn’t recline at all.

Changing the flight time to 6:15 am on the return flight is extremely inconvenient. The flight was okay. It was on time. The crew was friendly. The seats were uncomfortable. All the upsells are annoying, and I would prefer paying a single higher fee and not have to purchase so much extra.

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.

The flight and boarding process was smooth. Wifi was unavailable and I prepaid for it. Have requested a refund

It was an early flight and most people napped/slept and the crew let us which was nice.

It didn’t happen. I booked it and then was told it wasn’t available and then forced to pay far higher prices for a worse option

This company socks. It's fraud. They canceled our flight yesterday, and today we were late because of a really long line at the check in bag. At the rebook station, there was ton of people. The workers were all rude. I am gonna make a report to FTC.

Flight got delayed for 5 hours no good explanation was offered ;(

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.

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”

Everyone seemed to be in zone 1 for boarding. Maybe break it up a little. Otherwise, smooth flight.

The experience was good. No frills but I got there safe and sound and on time.

After boarding and un-boarding twice over 6+hours, the flight was canceled.

Severe turbulence. Captain never came on to reassure passengers after things settled down.

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