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Find cheap flights from Columbus to Oakland from $105

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Columbus to Oakland departing on 5/18. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Columbus to Oakland, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheap flight deals from Columbus to Oakland (CMH-OAK)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Columbus to Oakland that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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2:10 pm - 12:17 pmCMH-OAK
25h 07m1 stop
5:15 am - 1:05 pmOAK-CMH
28h 50m1 stop
$184Spirit Airlines
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Fri, May 10 - Mon, May 13
3:33 pm - 6:29 pmCMH-OAK
29h 56m1 stop
6:00 am - 1:05 pmOAK-CMH
28h 05m1 stop
$200Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Apr 29 - Tue, May 7
2:10 pm - 11:12 amCMH-OAK
24h 02m2 stops
5:15 am - 1:05 pmOAK-CMH
28h 50m1 stop
$201Spirit Airlines
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Fri, May 10 - Mon, May 13
2:20 pm - 12:15 amCMH-OAK
12h 55m2 stops
11:22 am - 1:05 pmOAK-CMH
22h 43m1 stop
$202Spirit Airlines
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Sat, May 4 - Tue, May 7
3:33 pm - 6:29 pmCMH-OAK
29h 56m1 stop
10:00 am - 1:05 pmOAK-CMH
24h 05m1 stop
$204Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Apr 29 - Wed, May 8
3:33 pm - 7:58 pmCMH-OAK
7h 25m1 stop
8:08 pm - 6:04 amOAK-CMH
6h 56m1 stop
$208Spirit Airlines
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Thu, May 2 - Tue, May 7
8:30 pm - 10:53 pmCMH-OAK
29h 23m1 stop
7:11 pm - 2:36 pmOAK-CMH
16h 25m1 stop
Tue, Jul 2 - Sun, Jul 7
6:26 pm - 11:58 pmCMH-OAK
8h 32m1 stop
6:00 am - 5:29 pmOAK-CMH
8h 29m1 stop
$437Alaska Airlines
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Thu, May 2 - Thu, May 9
6:26 pm - 11:59 pmCMH-OAK
8h 33m1 stop
6:00 am - 5:41 amOAK-CMH
20h 41m1 stop
$492Alaska Airlines
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Thu, May 30 - Wed, Jun 5
6:26 pm - 11:59 pmCMH-OAK
8h 33m1 stop
11:40 am - 5:41 amOAK-CMH
15h 01m2 stops
$498Alaska Airlines
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Flights from Columbus to Oakland - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Columbus to Oakland to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Columbus to Oakland?

The average price of all flights from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Columbus to Oakland, you should consider leaving on a Thursday and avoid Wednesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Columbus, you’ll find the best rates on Sundays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California is August, where tickets cost $243 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and October, where the average cost of tickets is $411 and $406 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California, you should book around 1 day before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 69 days before departure.

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$105
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 1% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 21% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Columbus to Oakland

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Columbus to Oakland based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Columbus to Oakland flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus Airport to Oakland, California was $105 for a one-way ticket and $184 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Columbus and Oakland?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Columbus to Oakland?

    When flying out of Columbus you will be using Columbus. You will be landing at Oakland, also known as Oakland.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Columbus to Oakland?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Columbus to Oakland?

    oneworld is the only airline alliance operating flights between Columbus and Oakland.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Columbus to Oakland, Alaska Airlines or Spirit Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Columbus to Oakland are Alaska Airlines and Spirit Airlines. With an average price for the route of $523 and an overall rating of 8.1, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Spirit Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $309 and an overall rating of 6.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Columbus to Oakland?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Columbus to Oakland.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Columbus to Oakland?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Oakland from Columbus is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Columbus to Oakland?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Oakland with an airline and back to Columbus with another airline. Booking your flights between Columbus and OAK can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Columbus to Oakland?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Oakland from Columbus up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 4 airlines serving from Columbus to Oakland

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus to Oakland. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Columbus to Oakland? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 9108 reviews
7.9comfort
7.3food
8.2boarding
8.6crew
7.3entertainment
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The absolute coldest flight I’ve ever been on, even with a sweater and zip up sweatshirt. Was miserable the entire flight.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Apr 2024BOI - LAX
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The absolute coldest flight I’ve ever been on, even with a sweater and zip up sweatshirt. Was miserable the entire flight.

The staff were great and the layover times were excellent no multiple hours. I just hate the Boxed Water. So you really have to purchase high price water in the airport.

the departure got delayed due to SJC situation, but it was a quite good waiting thanks to Alaska airline teams.

The flight attendant in the back of the plane was barely understood as she rushed through instructions to the point of being intelligible. She had a bored demeanor in her delivery.

Good. Quiet. Comfortable. The protests nearly kept me from catching my flight. They waited for me! I made it!

dont re-route to San Jose. Re-route to closer airport. Provide shuttle bus to go to SFO, not just LYFT vouchers.

WiFi connection bad. Food is really awful. Crew very nice and efficient

Staff seemed genuinely nice, not just going through the motions.

I would have rated the entire experience much better were it not for two things: 1. There was inconsistency between what we were told once on the plane vs. the answer I received to the question about "spreading out" from our assigned seats because the flight was sparsely populated, and the entire row we were in was empty but for us. I asked about one of us moving over one seat to make more room for us; before getting on the plane, I was told we could, which seemed like a sensible answer. Once on the plane, it was announced that we needed to stay in our assigned seats despite all of the empty space in our row, which seemed unneccessarily restrictive. 2. To add to the discomfort, we sat on the tarmac once the plane landed in Burbank for over half an hour waiting for a gate to become available. During that time we had to remain seated and buckled in, which was becoming more difficult as time dragged on, especially for my wife. If all of this was due to regulations, that may mitigate the sense of "needless" restriction somewhat, but it points to a need to make regulations less restrictive where it is not appropriate for the current conditions. The crew was not "nasty" about the restrictions, so I do not resent their actions, but it certainly would have been a much more pleasant flight if we had a few more options when it comes to comfort.

It was the worst experience because they delayed the flight by 2 and half hours. We were supposed to depart by 3:41 but they did the depart by 6 pm. It was so boring!!

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Great experience overall. Check in at Austin was congested as they only have about 6 check in kiosks, one was broken, and there was a lot of Spring Break travelers.

Bag drop off was slow and annoying. Only 2 agents at the entire delta desk, and no one directing traffic for what line to be in, many confused people slowed down the process. Boarding was fine. Seats in Delta comfort plus were fine. Snacks were great! Definitely a bonus. The entertainment system was awful — old, slow, not responsive, and completely unable to play games due to some kind of error. But on the other hand, thank you to Delta for the free WiFi. That made it better.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Crew was not friendly when I went to request a seat change.

Really impressive staff at airport and on plane, especially given how busy it was

Was a great smooth flight from Detroit to San Diego.

The boarding process was terrible especially with an indirect flight Chicago to Seattle to San Diego was terrible talking about we overbooked a flight idk if I’d take this airline ever again we got off our flight from Chicago to Seattle and we traveled for business and they told us our connecting flight was over booked and their was no seats asking people to take a delayed next flight and they don’t tell anyone coughing to wear masks seats 30A-B were terrible during the flight no one wants to sit next to people coughing all around I don’t want to be sick traveling for work or get sick anytime it’s very upsetting the staff doesn’t take this stuff serious to tell them to wear masks when they see people coughing and sneezing

Crew was great. However the seat I had would not recline and stay put. It would spring back to upright. Hopefully they can check the seats and maintain them. Otherwise the plane is clean and the crew is very friendly.

On time every leg of the journey and exceptional staff at counter, gate, and on board. I haven’t travelled in US for a long time and was genuinely surprised how pleasant this was.

This was a Lufthansa flight. Disappointing main meal. Very rough over Canada and arrival at FRA. IFE was almost unusable.

Too many fees (but that seems to apply to all airlines nowadays)

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

I was not able to buy food in the flight. They refer to include your Credit card in the APP, and if you are not from USA (i have a credit card form Canada) it is not possible

Over two hours wait to get wheelchair assistance from arrival to the departure gate for LA was unreasonable even though there appreared to be heavy demand.

Airline did not explain reasons why flight was delayed two hours. Explanations were badly needed and rarely provided. Problem seemed to clearly be the airline’s fault and not the fault of the weather or airport.

I was delighted that we were able to get on the 4:40 pm flight rather than our original booking at 6:55 pm!! Other than that, the flight was comfortable and landed early😊

The flight and crew were fine. The entertainment- the sound was so bad through the headphones I could barely understand it and it was a show I had seen before. The food might have been fine but having to have an account with united in order to access the app in order to pay for the food was rage inducing. I had entered my credit card info at home and logged in as guest but that wouldn’t allow the “wallet” tab to open in the app. And then the wifi was so bad that it took about 45 minutes to fully log in and get all the info working at which time I missed the food. You shouldn’t have to give your address, email and phone number in order to get a hamburger.

The control panel for the seat back screen did not work at all after takeoff.

The weight limit per bag was really low - 40 lbs - so we had to pay extra. Then, they said their carry on size was 14x18x8, and we measured our bag very carefully. It was within the limit, yet they said it was too big, so we ended up paying an extra $100 for that too!! So it wasn’t the cheap flight we thought it would be. Then, they moved up our initial flight to depart 3 hours earlier which meant we had to be out on the road by 7 am and then have a 6 hour layover and we got home at 2am. It was a grueling day. I won’t be flying with them again.

The text told me it was changed to Terminal E and Gate D5. But with no one on site to ask questions there was confusion on where to go as all the gates were E's. Then we took the skyline to the D area. We left to get something to eat. No announcement was made but my daughter happened to asked and they told her our gate was moved to D12. I will not fly Spirit again.

The agent at the check in desk was absolutely rude. The rest of the team after that was good, but the check in process at LAS was miserable. The woman at the desk spoke like we were stupid and was rude throughout the process.

Its so random that they only allow 40 pounds on checked bags when all airlines take 55. They then charge you for each 10 extra pounds, so my checked suitcase was $130 and the flight $30 ... its like whattt, im for sure not traveling with Spirit again

So bad. The check in process was laborious and the check in agent didn't seem to know how to manage the process efficiently and was confused about how to check in my son's sports equipment. The baggage fees were outrageous and so expensive. $90 for a carry on bag? And $200 additional for 2 check ins. The security lines were insanely long and the terminal was not very nice in the Spirit area. $5 for a water on board. It was my first and last time flying Spirit - I tried to save $ by flying them due to the accommodating schedule but I should have paid for Southwest, because it would've actually ended up less expensive due to the free bags with Southwest. There were no charging ports on the airplane, no wifi and really uncomfortable seating. The flight crew were great though, courteous and efficient in their boarding. Flight was delayed 1 hour, but we made up 15 minutes in flight.

My experience was better than expected. What I did find not so great was the seats. Very little room, they did not recline and the tray table was the size of a post card. There was no food to try, just standard snacks that you had to pay for and I don’t know of any entertainment. I would fly again even though everything was an upcharge. Flight was on time with little disturbance

thy don't even ofer water we have to buy it for $4.49 and paid for our cary on bags $100 each we never will fly in this company again.

Super cool and laid back, three lovely ladies. Couldn’t ask for better service.

It was fine. Boarding was a little rude. On flight staff was great. The cost to purchase everything was a bit annoying but I get that's the business model.

I liked the fast check in and boarding. The flight fare could be a lot less than what I paid…..

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Columbus to Oakland found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/18Sat
1 stopSpirit Airlines
11h 24mCMH-OAK
$105
6/19Wed
1 stopSpirit Airlines
9h 29mCMH-OAK
$119
6/19Wed
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
8h 47mCMH-OAK
$126
5/23Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 08mCMH-OAK
$127
4/25Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
7h 25mCMH-OAK
$134
4/25Thu
2 stopsSpirit Airlines
18h 19mCMH-OAK
$148
6/7Fri
1 stopSpirit Airlines
11h 09mCMH-OAK
$149
5/9Thu
1 stopSpirit Airlines
8h 08mCMH-OAK
$153
6/14Fri
2 stops
19h 31mCMH-OAK
$169
6/14Fri
3 stops
24h 49mCMH-OAK
$194

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Last minute flights from Columbus to Oakland

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Columbus to Oakland that are departing in the next 10 days.
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
19h 13mCMH-OAK
4/27Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 28mOAK-CMH
$359
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 58mCMH-OAK
4/27Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 28mOAK-CMH
$360
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
19h 13mCMH-OAK
4/27Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
13h 22mOAK-CMH
$378
4/19Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
11h 42mCMH-OAK
5/1Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 56mOAK-CMH
$463
4/19Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
11h 42mCMH-OAK
5/1Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 04mOAK-CMH
$477
4/19Fri
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
11h 42mCMH-OAK
6/3Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
13h 30mOAK-CMH
$479
4/20Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
8h 35mCMH-OAK
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
6h 56mOAK-CMH
$482
4/20Sat
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
8h 35mCMH-OAK
4/23Tue
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
21h 04mOAK-CMH
$483
4/22Mon
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
11h 42mCMH-OAK
4/24Wed
multi-stopSpirit Airlines
7h 56mOAK-CMH
$507
4/21Sun
multi-stop
41h 07mCMH-OAK
4/23Tue
multi-stop
22h 51mOAK-CMH
$782

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Columbus - Oakland Flights

Departure:

Columbus (CMH)United States

Destination:

Oakland (OAK)United States

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Oakland - Columbus

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