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$78 Find Cheap Flights from Houston to Sacramento

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Cheap Flight Deals from Houston to Sacramento

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

Recent round-trip flight deals from Houston to Sacramento

KAYAK's recommended round-trip deals from the most popular airlines that fly from Houston to Sacramento.
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10:28 pm - 8:33 amIAH-SMF
12h 05m1 stop
12:34 pm - 9:23 pmSMF-IAH
6h 49m1 stop
$162Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Apr 24 - Thu, May 1
9:15 am - 5:36 pmIAH-SMF
10h 21m1 stop
10:41 am - 11:26 pmSMF-IAH
10h 45m1 stop
$170Spirit Airlines
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Tue, May 6 - Wed, May 7
6:00 am - 12:32 pmIAH-SMF
8h 32m1 stop
7:59 pm - 11:09 amSMF-IAH
13h 10m1 stop
$250Frontier
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Thu, Apr 17 - Sun, Apr 20
10:36 am - 12:32 pmHOU-SMF
27h 56m1 stop
1:32 pm - 9:32 amSMF-HOU
18h 00m1 stop
$290Frontier
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Wed, Apr 16 - Sun, Apr 20
8:20 pm - 10:45 pmIAH-SMF
4h 25mnonstop
1:16 pm - 6:59 pmSMF-IAH
3h 43mnonstop
$383United Airlines
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Thu, Apr 24 - Thu, May 1
5:10 am - 10:02 amIAH-SMF
6h 52m1 stop
1:16 pm - 6:59 pmSMF-IAH
3h 43mnonstop
$393United Airlines
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Thu, Apr 24 - Thu, May 1
11:40 am - 1:50 pmHOU-SMF
4h 10mnonstop
4:20 pm - 12:50 amSMF-HOU
6h 30m1 stop
$393Southwest
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Wed, Apr 30 - Mon, May 5
8:45 am - 12:55 pmHOU-SMF
6h 10m1 stop
9:15 am - 6:35 pmSMF-HOU
7h 20m1 stop
$398Southwest
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Tue, May 6 - Wed, May 7
8:16 pm - 12:26 amHOU-SMF
6h 10m1 stop
2:22 pm - 10:40 pmSMF-HOU
6h 18m1 stop
$403American Airlines
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Thu, Apr 24 - Thu, May 1
12:15 pm - 6:09 pmIAH-SMF
7h 54m1 stop
6:00 am - 7:28 pmSMF-IAH
11h 28m1 stop
$419American Airlines
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Fri, Aug 29 - Sun, Aug 31

Expert advice for your flight from Houston to Sacramento 
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Sacramento flights

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

What is the cheapest Houston to Sacramento flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Houston to Sacramento.
Our data shows that the cheapest route for a return flight from Houston to Sacramento cost $369 and was between Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) and Sacramento (SMF). On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is $369.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston to Sacramento clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Sacramento on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Houston, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Sacramento, 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 Houston to Sacramento is August, where tickets cost $188 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $501 and $493 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Houston to Sacramento?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
No, with an average price for the route of $549, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Sacramento, 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 Houston to Sacramento, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight

$78
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Sacramento

When to book flights from Houston to Sacramento

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Houston to Sacramento based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Houston to Sacramento

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Sacramento?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Sacramento was $78 for a one-way ticket and $162 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in Houston and on arrival in Sacramento.

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

    Houston is served by 2 major airports and there is only 1 main airport in Sacramento. You will leave Houston from one of these airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl. You will be arriving at Sacramento Intl.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston to Sacramento?

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Sacramento from Houston?

    Las Vegas is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from Houston to Sacramento.

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

    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 Houston to Sacramento.

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

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

    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 Sacramento with an airline and back to Houston with another airline.

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

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

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Prefer to fly direct from Houston to Sacramento?

Find which airlines fly direct from Houston to Sacramento Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

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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Direct returns

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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Top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Sacramento

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to Sacramento. 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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SouthwestOverall score based on 4273 reviews
8.1Comfort
7.1Food
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
7.6Entertainment
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Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

10.0 ExcellentPaul, Mar 2025BNA - BUR
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Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

The plane arrived 25 minutes late, and the Wi-Fi was slower than it usually is.

Forget beverage, they didn't even have water for half the passangers?

Can not wait for seating change to reduce the amount of pre boards - it’s disheartening the abuse. And then then deplaning

The crew was nice. Boarding sucked. Instead of loading from the back to the front people just sat wherever and you had to wait for them to move to get to a seat. And the flight was 25 minutes delayed.

We boarded but then sat there waiting on some missed connection people to get on so we sat for about 15 minutes for that. Then we sat again because the passenger manifest was wrong and they had to figure it out before we could leave. That took about another 20 minutes or so. The crew was working hard to figure it out so it’s not their fault. It ended up being a system glitch where someone was upgraded to first class while another person was also in the same seat and it just created a mess that took a little while to figure out. They literally went to every person on the plane asking their names to see who was sitting in the wrong seat. I also hate the entertainment that must be watched on your phone or tablet. Just give us setback screens. It’s so much better. Almost every Delta flight has this now and it is so nice to have them. The crew did a great job. I have no complaints from them. They were very hard working, even with the mishap and a disgruntled passenger.

My priority checked bag was not loaded on the flight. I had to sit in baggage claim in Las Vegas for 2 1/2 hours waiting for the next flight. All baggage staff were very helpful, tracking showed it as scanned for loading. Nobody told me why it wasn't on my flight.

All male crew was just too woke for me. I felt like a sardine. I will never take a window seat or the rearmost seat again. I booked early and did not pay for seat selection and that was a mistake. The security at IAH was atrocious. I was violated and radiated as I was in a hurry to connect to my other flight. I may have lost items under the seat in front of me that I couldn't see nor bend over to look.

It’s been awhile since I have traveled on United. I, along with my family who were on the flight noted how smoothly everything went . Boarding, flight crew and service was excellent.

In general ok, my only issue is that they had no hot items for purchase. I had very little time in my connection due to baggage/customs/TSA, thag I barely even had a chance for a stop at the washroom and buy water, to make it to my gate when they started boarding. I had nothing to eat because the trip started early, so I was ready to purchase, and they had nothing except for dry items like snacks. I had to purchase a mediocre, overpriced cheese and fruit board, instead of at least a pizza or sliders that I was planning on getting. Other than that, it was fine. But that’s typical Air Canada, to not have enough.

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

Long wait before take off without an update for 20 minutes. Flight was good otherwise.

Flight delayed over 2 hours . I was flying bussiness never got food cause they ran out of what i wanted

Flight was great my baggage was on time everywhere but my bags had been handled ruff cause they got damaged.

Everything was awful Flight attendant was condescending, rude and not helpful at all. Small outdated plane. No service, uncomfortable seats. Flight attendant was really the worst. He used hand gestures to communicate instead of words and whenever he used words he was condescending.

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

They changed my seat from one that I had paid for as an upgrade to a regular seat at the last minute.

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

Seats are poor. They do not lean back. They do not even have pockets on the back, making it impossible to store a phone or a coke bottle. If you opt for basic economy cheap seats, they stick you always in the middle or window seat, even though there are unoccupied seats on the aisle. And then there is the nickel and diming. No carry-ons. And checking your carry-on is $70. At the end there is no price advantage but there is plenty of aggravation.

Worst Airplane ride I ever have taken... My purchased seat was changed without my consent

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

Your crew is a representation of your Standards and Values. The crew from Seattle to LAX, was very disappointing. The crew was more interested in hanging out at the lobby area. Talking, laughing loudly and eating all the snacks. They did not do regular rounds to see if customers needed anything. This was a huge disappointment. I will no longer be flying with your airlines moving forward.

They changed our departure time 6 times before I even reached the airport. Delayed, Ontime, Delayed Back on time, Then Delayed. We finally boarded the plane and then we had to sit on the runway for over an hour only to be told they were taking us back to the gate for an additional 2 hour delay. Lack of communication and a complete waste of time! Never again!

- flight attendants not very friendly. - Paid for WiFi and plane didn’t have it working , never got a refund.

Very difficult. Flew out on Dec 24th and it was a mess. They know it is going to be the busiest time of the year and they had no organization. Finally they called for people going on certiam flights so they could get them thru thw line then we had to rush to our gate to get in li e to board.We missed our flight do to being stuck at the border of Mexico. They would not work with us to make an affordable price so we had to wait a day with no where to go and pay 280 more for our flights. I would think that a complimentary drink would be nice. But we had to pay 4.49 for a coke. Not an overall good experience

We got to fly on the new airplane. Much better as it’s roomier and cleaner than before. Most Importantly it’s much more comfortable. I still can’t move the seat back but the extra space made up for it. I didn’t taste the food or drinks because they charge for everything so I didn’t bother. I didn’t experience the entertainment because I downloaded my own movies on my phone. The crew was great. The flight itself was smooth . No complaints.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

Would be great if Frontier can Assign Seats together under one PNR

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

The airline used deceptive tactics to charge us more for our trip. Search Frontier Class Action Lawsuit to find out more or read the hundreds of reviews that have nearly identical stories.. don't fly this airline.. you've been warned.

The plane was clean, the crew was friendly and helpful. It’s a low cost airline so there was no food, drinks or in flight entertainment but we didn’t expect any of these things. In the room for improvement department, they should install USB ports in seats to charge mobile devices.

I was surprised that all baggage, including carry on, were charged. Each additional bag went up in cost. Really disappointed in the additional costs.

Boarding was organized and flight was on time. Overall very satisfied with my flight.

Delayed each time on a round trip with no significant weather interference. Updates to flight times came after the fact. 30 min behind in boarding and board and phone still show an on time departure. Some mysterious extra 300 miles that came so surprising they had to fuel while we were already on board?

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

I couldn’t check in because the app didn’t work. It took 3 Frontier employees at the counter to get me checked in. Flight left 3 hours after departure time

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