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Austin to Houston

2 operators run this water, from 48 min.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

AirTran Airways, Southwest Airlines AUS → HOU 238 km non-stop 733 735 73C in the air 2 h 18 est. rate not held 298 km/h average
United Airlines AUS → IAH 225 km non-stop 319 320 738 in the air 2 h 17 est. rate not held 288 km/h average

Other ways to reach Houston

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Houston without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Telkwa – Houston 44 min VIA Rail
Lake Charles – Houston 45 min United Airlines
Victoria – Houston 45 min Pacific Wings
Alexandria – Houston 53 min United Airlines
Corpus Christi – Houston 53 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
San Antonio – Houston 53 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
Shreveport – Houston 53 min United Airlines
Lafayette – Houston 54 min United Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth – Houston 57 min American Airlines
Dallas – Houston 59 min AirTran Airways

And other ways to reach Austin

San Marcos Amtrak – Austin 46 min Amtrak
Taylor Amtrak – Austin 51 min Amtrak
Dallas – Austin 53 min AirTran Airways
Dallas-Fort Worth – Austin 53 min AirTran Airways
Harlingen – Austin 1 h 03 AirTran Airways
Lubbock – Austin 1 h 11 Southwest Airlines
New Orleans – Austin 1 h 23 AirTran Airways
El Paso – Austin 1 h 34 AirTran Airways
Memphis – Austin 1 h 37 Delta Air Lines
Mexico City – Austin 2 h 00 Aeromar

Where else these quays go

Also from Austin

Atlanta · Baltimore · Boston · Cancún · Charlotte · Chicago · Cleveland · Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Detroit · Dulles · El Paso · Fort Lauderdale

Also from Houston

Acapulco · Aguascalientes · Albuquerque · Alexandria · Amarillo · Amsterdam · Atlanta · Baltimore · Baton Rouge · Beaumont Amtrak · Belize City · Birmingham · Bogota · Boston

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Austin–Houston crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.