Air Transportation - GREATER Houston Area
Houston Ground Angels do NOT provide air transportation.
Domestic and International airlines fly in and out of the 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 – see PATIENT – 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.
we strongly recommend patients make their ground ride arrangements with houston ground angels by completing our on-line form.
Where possible, Houston Ground Angels will assist with the road leg to or from the patient’s flight airport.
Here is a list of “angel” flight organizations: These ANGEL FLIGHT groups co-ordinate corporate and private patient flights.
Patients must work directly with these non-profit medical flight groups directly – then complete a Request a Ride form on our website Patient page, scrolling down some and clicking on the purple button. The brief form will take you approximately 30-60 seconds to complete. For the airline carrier, enter one of the “angel” flight organizations if you are flying in on them, otherwise, of course put your air carrier such as United, Delta or Southwest.
Angel flight patients can complete their ground ride Request HERE
Pilots for Patients are based in Monroe, Louisiana and operate across Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. They started flight operations in 2008.
Angel Flight South Central – Amazing and generous volunteer pilots provide free flights for people in need of medical treatment. Based in Dallas TX, AFSC serve Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico.
Started in 1983, this Atlanta based angel flight group serves Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.
Website – https://www.angelflightsoars.org
Angel Flight Central’s “Give Hope Wings” mission is to serve people in need by arranging charitable flights for health care patients and their families throughout the Midwest (based in Kansas City, Missouri). https://www.angelflightcentral.org
Mercy Medical Angels – based in Norfolk Virginia provides free flight transportation across the mid-Atlantic states, coordinating a number of pilot groups. They also have a program focused on long distance rides for military veterans needing to get to medical treatment. https://www.angelflight.com
Corporate Angel Network – co-ordinates travel across the United States helping patients access the best treatment centers in the country by arranging free travel on corporate aircraft.
Dow Chemical flies out of Michigan, Louisiana and other states and offers free rides for patients. on their corporate shuttle service.
Pals Services Free Medical Flights for Patients with Patient Airlift Services (palservices.org) https://palservices.org/
Miracle Flight provides complimentary commercial airline tickets for patients.
Phone: 702-261-0494 or email ktayu@miracleflight.org
An organization of pilots, volunteers, and friends that are proud to serve the heartland area of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas. https://www.angelflight.com
Pilots for Christ – based in Lakeville, Minnesota operates “Mercy Flights” across the country but mostly Central and East Coast. Multiple chapters in different states coordinate relay flights across longer distances if needed. https://www.pilotsforchrist.org
Flying Wings of Louisiana based in Baton Rouge Louisiana. Flies across Louisiana and to Texas and Mississippi.
https://flyingwingsoflouisiana.org
LifeLine volunteer pilots fly patients at no cost across 10 Midwest states – Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
https://lifelinepilots.org
Houston Metro - IAH BUSH - AIRPORT Express service
Did you know there are TWO – IAH BUSH Express bus services ( 500 and 102 ) that provides frequent services to and from IAH BUSH Terminal C ? Bus 500 has just two stops IAH and DOWNTOWN and costs $4.50 each way. Bus 102 has more stops and costs $1.25 each way. Both services are to and from Downtown where you can make connections to the Metro-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 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
