Photograph of Birmingham's skyline in August 1972. Taken by LeRoy Woodson for "DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern". Official caption "THE RED-ORANGE SMOKE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE STEEL PLANT BLURS THE CITY SKYLINE, 08/1972" ARC Identifier 545499 / Local Identifier 412-DA-3012 from Record Group 412: Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1944 - 2006. National Archives

Houston to Birmingham

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Houston to Birmingham. From €79.20, fastest 4h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Houston to Birmingham runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 20:53. One passenger pays between €79.20 and €95.13, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 46m over 939 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€79.20 to €95.13

  • 153%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Houston

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:12First departure
  • 20:53Last departure
  • 48Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €165.93Mon14
  2. about €142.33Tue15
  3. about €149.41Wed16
  4. about €151.77Thu17
  5. about €140.56Fri18
  6. about €145.28Sat19
  7. about €134.66Sun20
  8. about €95.13Mon21
  9. about €95.72Tue22
  10. about €101.62Wed23
  11. about €125.22Thu24
  12. about €114.01Fri25
  13. about €117.55Sat26
  14. about €109.29Sun27
  15. about €80.97Mon28
  16. about €79.20Tue29
  17. about €84.51Wed30
  18. about €97.49Thu1
  19. about €91.00Fri2
  20. about €92.18Sat3
  21. about €85.69Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Birmingham. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Birmingham for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Birmingham and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Houston to Birmingham

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

  1. €95.1390 days
  2. €79.7960 days
  3. €68.5845 days
  4. €65.6330 days
  5. €85.6921 days
  6. €109.2914 days
  7. €134.667 days
  8. €149.413 days
  9. €165.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €65.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €165.93, 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.
€165.93€65.631371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Houston to Birmingham and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

939 km

911 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

2,314,157196,357

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

HoustonHoustonBirminghamBirmingham
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 939 km against 911 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Birmingham

Most of the points near Birmingham open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Houston to Birmingham

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 it take to get from Houston to Birmingham?

The fastest journey from Houston to Birmingham takes 4h 46m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 51m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Houston to Birmingham?

The cheapest fare from Houston to Birmingham is €79.20, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €132.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Houston to Birmingham?

The cheapest way from Houston to Birmingham is by flight, at €95.13 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 46m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Houston to Birmingham?

Fares from Houston to Birmingham bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €65.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 153 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Houston to Birmingham?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Houston to Birmingham, at €95.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Houston to Birmingham?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Houston to Birmingham, at €64.45 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Houston to Birmingham?

6 operators sell services from Houston to Birmingham across 1 mode: CommuteAir, ExpressJet, Mesa Airlines, Republic Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Houston to Birmingham?

Every service we sell from Houston to Birmingham is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 46m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Houston to Birmingham use?

Services from Houston to Birmingham by flight leave from Houston IAH and arrive at Birmingham BHM. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Houston to Birmingham?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Houston to Birmingham allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Houston to Birmingham on 13 September 2026: 939 km of route against 911 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €79.20, and 4h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Birmingham is somebody else's catalogue.

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The two ends, compared

Houston reaches 166 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 134 to 13,162 km. Birmingham reaches 33 places in 2 countries, from 137 to 2,593 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Houston

  • 166Places you can leave for
  • 36Countries
  • 37Operators

Arriving in Birmingham

Leaving Birmingham

  • 33Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 15Operators

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