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Scan through all non-stop flights from Houston to San Diego. The full flight schedule below gives an overview of all non-stop flights from IAH to SAN, which includes the daily timetable of every operating airline for the upcoming 12 months.
Note: for airline-specific flight schedules, please scroll further down.
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Currently, there is only one airline operating non-stop flights from Houston IAH to San Diego SAN, which is United Airlines. This section gives an overview of the flight schedules and timetables of every airline with direct flights for this route.
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Flights from IAH to SAN are operated 33 times a week, with an average of 5 flights per day. Departure times vary between 09:30 - 20:10. The earliest flight departs at 09:30, the last flight departs at 20:10. However, this depends on the date you are flying so please check with the full flight schedule above to see which departure times are available on your preferred date(s) of travel.
You can fly in Economy and Business Class. Premium Economy and First Class are not available on this route (at least not as a non-stop flight).
The fastest direct flight from Houston to San Diego takes 3 hours and 34 minutes. The flight distance between Houston and San Diego is 1,299 miles (or 2,091 km).
There are 2 airports in San Diego: San Diego International Airport (SAN) and McClellan-Palomar Airport (FAA: CRQ) (CLD).
There are 33 flights per week flying from Houston to San Diego (as of April 2026).
3 hours and 34 minutes is the average flight time from Houston to San Diego.
The distance from Houston to San Diego is 1,299 miles (2,091 kilometers).
United Airlines is the only airline flying nonstop from Houston to San Diego.
Star Alliance is currently the only alliance flying nonstop from Houston to San Diego.
You can fly non-stop in Economy and Business Class.
Aircraft types that fly from Houston to San Diego:
The earliest flight departs at 09:30 from Houston and arrives at 11:04 at San Diego.
The latest flight departs at 20:10 from Houston and arrives at 21:53 at San Diego.
1,299 miles (2,091 km) · 3h 34m
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UA 2491
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UA 2491
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UA 2491
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UA 2491
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12:17
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UA 2371
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UA 2399
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UA 1072
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UA 1072
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UA 1072
United Airlines
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16:46
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UA 1072
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18:29
20:05
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UA 2690
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UA 2690
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UA 1868
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UA 1868
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UA 1868
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