Air Transportation - GREATER Houston
Houston Ground Angels do NOT provide air transportation.
Domestic and International airlines fly in and out of two primary airports.
HOU Hobby – (13mile to the Med Center)
IAH Bush – (24m)
(one way airport drive distance – MILES from the Texas Medical Center)
Check with your Patient Counsellor/Social Worker or Treatment Advocate – if they can support your application for low cost/free air tickets with your planned commercial airline carrier. American, Delta, Southwest and United all assist patients subject to certain qualifications.
See below – there are a number of private flight “angel” organizations that provide low cost or free air travel to and from Houston for patients and their caregivers.
Houston Ground Angels provides ground transportation to those arriving on private planes that land at the smaller airports across the Houston Area – as well as the Hobby and Bush airports.
Also be advised, many of the major medical clinics have satellite hospitals providing specialist treatments around the city
Patients/caregivers must enter their ride request on the website – CLICK HERE to Request an RIDE.
These are the smaller municipal airports around the city that our driver volunteers can service.
Ellington Airport (22m) ; Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport (44m) ; Sugar Land Regional (22m); David Wayne Hooks (37m); West Houston (30m); Houston Southwest (22m) ; Pearland Regional (24m); Cleveland Municipal (61m); Houston Executive (40m); Conroe-North Houston(54m) ; Baytown (34m); La Porte (28m).
(The drive distance in MILES from the Texas Medical Center)
Patients must work with these flight groups directly – to arrange their flight details.
CLICK HERE for listing of “angel flight groups”
We strongly recommend patients make their GROUND RIDE arrangements DIRECTLY with Houston Ground Angels.
Houston Metro - IAH BUSH & HOBBY - AIRPORT Express services
Did you know there are TWO – IAH BUSH Express bus services ( 500 and 102 ) that provides every 30 minute services to and from IAH BUSH Terminal C ? Bus 500 has just termination stops IAH and DOWNTOWN and costs $4.50 each way. Bus 102 has more stops and costs $1.25 each way.
There is also a non-stop Express Service from HOBBY – also service Bus 500 which runs every 15-30 minutes. The Hobby buses all depart from the Hobby Transit Center, just north of each baggage claim exit door.
Both services are to and from Downtown Transit center where you can make connections to the Metro-light Rail services – which go to the Medical Center. Both services run every 30 minutes in both directions from 5am to 2am (and every 15 minutes during peak time – ( 7am to 7pm ). From the Transit Center a short ride on the downtown MetroRail (Red Line) takes you to the Texas Medical Center.
Depending on your (Hotel or Clinic) target address you may have a 10 -15 minute walk or ride to your destination. You should allow around 60 minutes for the BUSH Route 500 service and 90 minutes for the Route 102 journey. Click the link below which describes payment options. Download the Houston Metro APP for real time schedules and updates. www.ridemetro.org
Metro Transit bus to/from Hobby and IAH Bush Airports