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Cheapest return fare
$1,568
Typical prices: $1,713-$2,460
United Airlines
Mon 31/8Wed 2/9
AKL - IAH • 1 stop
Cheapest direct flights
$1,610
Typical prices: $1,794-$2,686
Air New Zealand
Fri 11/9Fri 18/9
AKL - IAH • Direct
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Cheap Flights to Houston

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights 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 return flight deals to Houston

Mon, 31 Aug - Wed, 2 Sep
United Airlines Logo
13:50 - 14:56AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
18h 06m1 stop San Francisco
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21:55 - 05:30IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
14h 35mdirect
$1,568United Airlines
Mon, 31 Aug - Sun, 6 Sep
United Airlines Logo
13:50 - 21:20AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
24h 30m2 stops San Francisco Chicago O'Hare Intl
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12:10 - 06:00IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
24h 50m1 stop Los Angeles Los Angeles
$1,568United Airlines
Wed, 2 Sep - Sun, 6 Sep
United Airlines Logo
19:50 - 08:19AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
29h 29m2 stops San Francisco Chicago O'Hare Intl
United Airlines Logo
07:25 - 06:00IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
29h 35m1 stop Los Angeles Los Angeles
$1,568United Airlines
Fri, 11 Sep - Fri, 18 Sep
Air New Zealand Logo
19:50 - 16:25AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
13h 35mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
21:55 - 05:30IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
14h 35mdirect
$1,610Air New Zealand
Thu, 11 Feb - Sun, 14 Feb
Air New Zealand Logo
19:50 - 14:15AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
13h 25mdirect
Air New Zealand Logo
18:10 - 00:50IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
35h 40m2 stops Los Angeles Los Angeles Melbourne
$1,626Air New Zealand
Thu, 11 Feb - Sun, 14 Feb
Air New Zealand Logo
15:50 - 20:24AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
23h 34m1 stop San Francisco
Air New Zealand Logo
19:55 - 05:45IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
14h 50mdirect
$1,634Air New Zealand
Wed, 2 Sep - Mon, 7 Sep
American Airlines Logo
08:20 - 10:40AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
43h 20m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Dallas/Fort Worth
American Airlines Logo
14:09 - 14:05IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
30h 56m2 stops Dallas/Fort Worth Sydney Kingsford Smith
$1,688American Airlines
Wed, 2 Sep - Tue, 8 Sep
American Airlines Logo
08:20 - 10:40AKL  Auckland Intl-IAH Houston George Bush Intcntl
43h 20m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Dallas/Fort Worth
American Airlines Logo
20:19 - 14:10IAH  Houston George Bush Intcntl-AKL Auckland Intl
24h 51m2 stops Los Angeles Los Angeles Sydney Kingsford Smith
$1,688American Airlines
Thu, 11 Feb - Sun, 14 Feb
Qantas Airways Logo
13:20 - 13:34AKL  Auckland Intl-HOU Houston Hobby
19h 14m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
Qantas Airways Logo
14:08 - 09:25HOU  Houston Hobby-AKL Auckland Intl
24h 17m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$1,702Qantas Airways
Thu, 11 Feb - Sun, 14 Feb
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06:00 - 16:31AKL  Auckland Intl-HOU Houston Hobby
29h 31m2 stops Sydney Kingsford Smith Dallas/Fort Worth
Qantas Airways Logo
14:08 - 09:25HOU  Houston Hobby-AKL Auckland Intl
24h 17m1 stop Dallas/Fort Worth
$1,726Qantas Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Houston

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Houston?

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

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Houston is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $2,082. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $2,659 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Houston?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights 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 to Houston is March, where tickets cost $1,597 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and September, where the average cost of tickets from New Zealand is $2,364 and $2,284 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of $879.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Houston?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Houston depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Houston is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $2,372 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Houston is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,372.

What is a good deal for flights to Houston?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to Houston, 25% of our users found tickets to Houston for the following prices or less: From Auckland $2,022 return.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in Houston?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Houston is Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH), with an average flight price of $1,236.

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Cheapest flight

$787
Flight from Auckland to Houston George Bush Airport

When to book flights to Houston

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

Flights to Houston: the best tips from KAYAK users' own experiences

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew to Houston 
Verified travelerFlew with Air New Zealand-Apr 2025
take over the counter cold pills to guarantee sleep, makes the 14-16 hour flight a lot shorter
Verified travelerFlew with Air New Zealand-Mar 2025
Bring your NZ power adapter in cabin to charge devices

FAQs - booking Houston flights

  • Which Houston airport is closest to central Houston?

    There are 2 major airports in Houston. The nearest airport from Houston city centre is Houston Hobby Airport (15 km), followed by Houston George Bush Airport (26 km).

  • How much is a flight to Houston?

    On average, a flight to Houston costs $1,884. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $980 and departed from Auckland Intl Airport.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Houston is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights 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 with another airline.

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

  • How many direct flights to Houston are there each week?

    Each week there are around 30 direct flights from within New Zealand to Houston. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 30% of flights taking off on this day.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Houston

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Houston flight deals.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying to Houston

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Houston. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from New Zealand to Houston. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with 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
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 662 reviews
8.5Crew
7.4Food
7.4Entertainment
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
Airline reviews

Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2026
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Time to upgrade those planes so you can provide first class.

A better selection of entertainment would have been nice. I found nothing that appealed to me as a middle-aged traveler. The flight attendants were gracious, helpful, and attentive. It also would have been nice to have more bathrooms as the flight was full and the plane was big.

The Premium Economy seats were very comfortable and the food was quite tasty. I did not use the entertainment system, but I was able to charge my phone and tablet with the seatback connection.

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

Again, Air New Zealand was great. They kept bathrooms clean, food was actually very good, New Zealand wines a big hit

USB charging ports did not work on any of Air New Zealand flights

Liked the non-stop option, can always use more leg room!

The recline on the seat in front of me came back so that I was staring at the top of the man’s head in front of me the whole trip. He refused to bring his seat back up twice every time he was instructed to do so and only relented when he had a tray of good in front of him. And then right back in my lap!!! Horrible man!! I complained to the staff multiple times, but no one would address the issue. Otherwise, it would have been a perfect flight.

Having the computer outage compounded by delayed takeoff while waiting for aircrew (who were also delayed) resulted in me missing my int’l flight

Great food and good entertainment options for the long flight.

On the Qantas flight, I could barely hear some of the announcements. It was better when I could read them on the screen.

Good check in and helpful staff. Delayed for 1 hour. Took about 45 Mins to get baggage’s at DFW . Food was average ( Hindu meal ) . Overall it was good experience

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

My flight from Dallas to Sydney was cancelled. My entire trip was rerouted to include the following: Hartford to Washington DC Washington DC to JFK JFK to Auckland Auckland to Christchurch I paid for an aisle seat on the flight to Auckland and was asked if I would take a window seat to accommodate a family. The agent at the podium failed to mention that the family had a 3 month old baby and that a bassinet would be used during the 16 hour flight. The only way I could get out of my seat was to crawl under the bassinet of the sleeping baby. I think it is wrong that I was no given the choice to sit in another seat, that the agent knew what she was doing and chose to not properly disclose my seating arrangement. Terrible treatment.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

Complaint is with American Airlines which delayed our flight from salt lake to Dallas reaulting in us missing our connection to Brisbane. Had to spend 24 hours in Dallas to wait for the next flight. Awful experience and ruined my wife’s birthday.

Good communication regarding any updates time of flight and flight delayed. The fight was delayed by two and half hours at eleventh hour. That was unexpected, especially when you international passenger.

The service was excellent. The quarters were a little cramped in Economy, and we had to exist there for 18 hours.

Flight was 2.5 late. Maybe not United’s fault but late none the less. We were late as well on the first leg. WiFi quit working with an hour left.

Flight staff and all was fine. Food always sucks on planes so nothing new.

Wonderful flight! The crew was good, check-in was good and orderly and the flight was uneventful and good.

The international portion was good. Food and beverage options were good. The sustainable wooden eatery was less than desirable. Your Star Alliance partner ANA provided real silverware. I'm 6'3" & 198 lbs and felt cramped in the exit row. How can that be? Flight attendant all had a pleasant disposition which is always good.

The staff were polite and professional. I found the boarding for First Class Business customers not great. They didn't offer me pre- boarding. Just regular zone 1 boarding which didn't feel great. On board and throughout all of our United Flights we found the staff wonderful. We'll definitely fly United again.

Boarded from a very small gate at LAX. Staff at gate had us line up, then waited 25 minutes to board without a word of explanation. Plane arrived on time then waited 20 minutes for a plane to vacate our gate. Majority of bags arrived after 15 minutes but it took an hour for a small number of remaining bags to be off-loaded despite my “priority” bag tag.

The boarding process on the departure from LA was rather slow even though I was in Group 1. For first class, I was not expecting to have to pay for Wi-fi but I did and then the wi-fi was spotty. The entree was surprisingly good and so that was a pleasant surprise. However, once I got to Houston, it was terrible. Unfortunately there was bad weather but the constant gate changes for my connecting flight was difficult to manage due to having to navigate back and forth between different terminals.

The pilot had to extend the flight time from san antonio to Houston to burn off fuel. This caused a lot of unnecessary stress since we had a tight connection to Aruba. And with no other flights going to Aruba we were worried about spending a night in Houston. We had to to run to our connection because of the flight crews mistake. Not happy.

The flight was delayed, they didn’t even have water for the toilets or for drinks

This flight was a code share on Air New Zealand.

The plane left late and there were four gate changes. Fortunately they were all in the same terminal. The crew was truly outstanding. There were only nuts to eat due to the very short flight time. Beverages were as expected.

The boarding process, airplane, entertainment, beverages and crew were very good. But the food left a lot to be desired, especially for business class. I had a chicken breast that was tough and rubbery, with little flavor. It wasn't even up to the proverbial "banquet chicken" standards. Very disappointing. There was only one offering of bread, OK, not a huge deal, but it's a nice touch to be offered more. Similarly, other airlines' crews come by to offer more drinks, though the crew responded when asked. Good flight overall, but the food just wasn't up to the standards you'd expect.

We enjoy the professionalism and cleanliness of the staff and aircraft. We are grateful to the experiences pilots and flight crew

They have no employees/gate agents in Huntsville. Only one gate is operational

The plane was very creaky and lots of ringing. Plane was dirty and dingy. I couldn't hear the captain's announcements from the flight deck. Not sure if it was the captain or the audio equipment, but good thing there wasn't an emergency where we needed clear instructions. The overhead compartments were clearly full, but the flight crew allowed people to stand in the back with their carry on luggage. Then after everyone boarded, they had to go to the front to gate check their luggage because there was no room for their bags and then they returned to their seats...such a waste of time when clearly the overhead compartments were full when they originally boarded.

I booked an aisle seat and was given a middle. At 6'4" 230lbs, it is not ideal to fly in the middle row for myself and passengers.

Awful. We had an 8 hour mechanical delay- no vouchers and no kind/courtesy/professional representatives in the entire airport. Not only was it a terrible experience for both my 7 year old and myself, I still have not heard back from American about how they’re going to correct it- I’ve sent 2 or 3 emails about our experience- which was just awful. Not to mention according to national traveling laws, we should be reimbursed… but of course they’re not responding.

Overall it was good but not great. The aircraft was an old and seats didn’t recline in business class unless you kept playing around with it.

The plane was subbed for another last minute, the gate was changed last minute. Could live with that but we boarded and there was a delay which totaled an hour in the end. There was a technical issue which meant wheels needed to remain out for ten mins after take off. My USB phone charger was broken as was the headphone jack which meant I could t enjoy the IFE and could use my phone after a few hours. Even the map function on the plane failed to work after a few hours.

The flight was delayed and we were told the airplane is on its way to the gate from the hangar. We were told this for 2 hours and the flight was continually delayed in ~30 minute increments. Then we ended up having a new airplane. The issue wasn’t clearly communicated and it left everyone feeling confused about when we would actually be leaving. Whenever they communicated a new boarding time it felt arbitrary and random. The boarding process was a mess and disorganized, which made it last longer than necessary. Landing was rough. Seats were uncomfortable.

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