Kansas City to Houston flight

Flights from Kansas City to Houston start at €83.92 and take 4h 56m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Kansas City to Houston starts at €83.92 and takes 4h 56m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,072 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 56mDoor to door
  • 1h 46mMoving
  • €107.52 to €185.99From
  • 06:06 to 19:36First and last departure
  • 24Per day
  • 224.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€107.52 to €185.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €185.99Mon21
  2. about €160.03Tue22
  3. about €170.06Wed23
  4. about €172.42Thu24
  5. about €162.98Fri25
  6. about €171.83Sat26
  7. about €158.26Sun27
  8. about €107.52Mon28
  9. about €110.47Tue29
  10. about €112.24Wed30
  11. about €132.30Thu1
  12. about €121.09Fri2
  13. about €123.45Sat3
  14. about €115.19Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€83.92
  1. Southwest Airlines SA813614:391h 57m16:36Kansas City International Airport MCIGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH

Door to door 5h 7mCO2 224.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€115.78
  1. Mesa Airlines MA754708:471h 46m10:33Kansas City International Airport MCIGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH

Door to door 4h 56mCO2 224.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
United Airlines€87.464h 56m
Southwest Airlines€83.924h 55m
ExpressJet€88.644h 56m
Mesa Airlines€84.514h 55m

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A hotel room

A room in Houston for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Kansas City to Houston

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €109.2990 days
  2. €89.8260 days
  3. €75.6645 days
  4. €72.7130 days
  5. €98.0821 days
  6. €115.1914 days
  7. €158.267 days
  8. €170.063 days
  9. €185.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €72.71.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 156 percent. The dearest point is €185.99, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €115.19Sun
  2. €107.52Mon
  3. €110.47Tue
  4. €112.24Wed
  5. €132.30Thu
  6. €121.09Fri
  7. €123.45Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kansas City

Air
  • MCI

Houston

Air
  • IAH
  • HOU
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,072 km against 1,041 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kansas City at 06:06 and the last at 19:36, across 24 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kansas City to Houston

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Kansas City to Houston take?

The Flight from Kansas City to Houston takes 4h 56m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 1,072 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Kansas City to Houston cost?

The Flight from Kansas City to Houston starts at €83.92 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €100.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Kansas City to Houston?

4 operators run the Flight from Kansas City to Houston: United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, ExpressJet, Mesa Airlines. Between them they file around 24 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Kansas City to Houston use?

The Flight from Kansas City to Houston leaves from Kansas City International Airport MCI and arrives at George Bush Intercontinental Airport IAH. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Kansas City to Houston?

Fares for the Flight from Kansas City to Houston bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €72.71. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 156 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Kansas City to Houston produce?

The Flight from Kansas City to Houston produces about 224.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1072 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kansas City to Houston on 20 September 2026: 1072 km of route against 1041 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €83.92, and 4h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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