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Des Moines to Houston

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 07.

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.

United Airlines DSM → IAH 1293 km non-stop CRJ ERJ in the air 3 h 37 est. rate not held 611 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
Austin – Houston 47 min AirTran Airways, United Airlines
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

And other ways to reach Des Moines

Minneapolis – Des Moines 58 min Delta Air Lines
Chicago – Des Moines 1 h 06 AirTran Airways, American Airlines
Detroit – Des Moines 1 h 34 Delta Air Lines
Denver – Des Moines 1 h 41 Frontier Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth – Des Moines 1 h 45 American Airlines
Atlanta – Des Moines 2 h 00 Air France
Charlotte – Des Moines 2 h 08 American Airlines
Washington – Des Moines 2 h 18 American Airlines
Newark – Des Moines 2 h 32 United Airlines
New York – Des Moines 2 h 34 Delta Air Lines

Where else these quays go

Also from Des Moines

Atlanta · Charlotte · Chicago · Dallas-Fort Worth · Denver · Detroit · Las Vegas · Minneapolis · New York · Newark · Orlando · Phoenix · Pinellas Park · Punta Gorda

Also from Houston

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

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Des Moines–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.