Route · US

Houston to Los Angeles

2 operators run this water, from 3 h 17.

Getting from Houston to Los Angeles

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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 HOU → LAX 2232 km non-stop 733 738 73C in the air 4 h 47 est. rate not held 678 km/h average

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines IAH → LAX 2215 km non-stop 319 320 738 in the air 4 h 46 est. rate not held 678 km/h average

Other ways to reach Los Angeles

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

Glendale Amtrak – Los Angeles 12 min Amtrak

Van Nuys – Los Angeles 23 min Amtrak

Burbank Amtrak – Los Angeles 27 min Amtrak

Fullerton Amtrak Station – Los Angeles 29 min Amtrak

Pomona Amtrak – Los Angeles 41 min Amtrak

Santa Barbara – Los Angeles 41 min United Airlines

Bakersfield – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines

Palm Springs – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines

San Diego – Los Angeles 43 min Alaska Airlines

San Luis Obispo – Los Angeles 49 min United Airlines

And other ways to reach Houston

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

Where else these quays go

Also from Houston

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

Also from Los Angeles

Aguascalientes · Albuquerque · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Aspen · Atlanta · Auckland · Austin · Bakersfield · Baltimore · Beijing · Belize City · Boise · Boston

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Houston–Los Angeles 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.