Direct Flights from Houston to Palm Springs
Nonstop service from IAH to PSP on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
United
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
1,267 mi
Days operated
Daily (all week)
About Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km2), making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area. With multiple plots in checkerboard pattern, more than 10% of the city is part of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians reservation land and is the administrative capital of the most populated reservation in California.
Top things to do in Palm Springs
- Joshua Tree National Park is a US National Park located in southeastern California, straddling north-central Riverside County and part of southern San Bernardino County.
- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, formerly the Living Desert Museum, is a non-profit zoo and desert botanical garden in Palm Desert, in the Colorado Desert, in California in the United States.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park , renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs. It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.
- Mount San Jacinto State Park is in the San Jacinto Mountains, of the Peninsular Ranges system, in Riverside County, California, United States.
- The Palm Springs Art Museum is a visual and performing arts institution with several locations in the Coachella Valley, in Riverside County, California, United States, founded in 1938.
- The Big Bear Alpine Zoo, formerly Moonridge Animal Park, is a zoo in Big Bear Lake, California, United States. The zoo is one of two Alpine zoos in the United States.
- The Gilman Ranch is a historic ranch and stagecoach station on the Bradshaw Trail, in Riverside County, California, United States.
- Bear Mountain, formerly known as the Moonridge Ski Area (1943–1969), Goldmine Mountain (1970–1987), and Big Bear Mountain (1988–2001), is a ski area originally established in 1941 in the San Bernardino National Forest in…
- Palm Springs Air Museum is an aviation museum in Palm Springs, California. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit leases from the city 17 acres abutting Palm Springs International Airport.
- Snow Summit is a ski resort that was established in 1952 and is in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.
- College of the Desert (COD) is a public community college in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls about 12,500 students, of which around one third attend college full-time.
- The Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium is a 1 acre (0.40 ha) family-owned botanical garden in Palm Springs, California, specializing in cacti and other desert plants.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Planning a trip to Palm Springs
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Palm Springs is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 66–75°F.
- How long to stay
- Palm Springs rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Joshua Tree National Park, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, and Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to Palm Springs?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Houston (IAH) to Palm Springs (PSP) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Palm Springs?
- United flies nonstop between Houston (IAH) and Palm Springs (PSP).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Houston to Palm Springs?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Houston to Palm Springs.
- How far is Palm Springs from Houston?
- Palm Springs is about 1,267 miles from Houston by air.
- What is there to do in Palm Springs?
- Popular things to do include Joshua Tree National Park, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), Mount San Jacinto State Park, and more.
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