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Find cheap flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco from $188

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Flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco 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 Fairbanks to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
When flying from Fairbanks to San Francisco, you should consider leaving on a Sunday and avoid Fridays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Fairbanks, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Wednesdays.

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Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$188
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 46% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 14% lower on average.
Flight from Fairbanks to San Francisco

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FAQs for booking flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco

  • What is the cheapest flight from Fairbanks to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Fairbanks to San Francisco was $188 for a one-way ticket.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Fairbanks and San Francisco?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Fairbanks to San Francisco. However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Fairbanks to San Francisco?

    Fairbanks and San Francisco are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave Fairbanks from Fairbanks and will be arriving at San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Fairbanks to San Francisco?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Fairbanks and San Francisco, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco, Alaska Airlines or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco are Alaska Airlines and Delta. With an average price for the route of $830 and an overall rating of 8.1, Alaska Airlines is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $520 and an overall rating of 8.0.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Fairbanks to San Francisco?

    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 Fairbanks to San Francisco.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Francisco from Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks to San Francisco?

    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 San Francisco with an airline and back to Fairbanks with another airline. Booking your flights between Fairbanks and SFO 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 Fairbanks to San Francisco?

    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 San Francisco from Fairbanks up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top airlines flying from Fairbanks to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Fairbanks to San Francisco. 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 Fairbanks to San Francisco? 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 9111 reviews
8.6crew
7.3entertainment
7.9comfort
7.3food
8.2boarding
Airline reviews

The messaging about the change in flight destination and options for getting to SFO was poor. There should have been frequent updates. When I spoke to the boarding agent moment before we were supposed to board, he was flippant and offered no help before the announcement was made that transportation would be arranged. It was as poor of an experience that I've ever had.

4.0 OkayAnonymous, Apr 2024LAX - SFO
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The messaging about the change in flight destination and options for getting to SFO was poor. There should have been frequent updates. When I spoke to the boarding agent moment before we were supposed to board, he was flippant and offered no help before the announcement was made that transportation would be arranged. It was as poor of an experience that I've ever had.

My plane ride down landed 20 min late. Boarding at SFO was strange too. The people at the terminal were nice—but, boarding lacked direction, and was confusing . Coming back was worse—the plane was hours behind—and I barely caught the last Bart train back to San Francisco (3 min more and I would have been in trouble). It was a very stressful trip, and it didn’t need to be.

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

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!!

This was a short flight with many open seats. Overhead space is limited and there are no screens in the seat back. But overall the flight was comfortable and fast.

Poor experience. 4 hour delay. 2 hours because of weather and runway construction at SFO. But gate logistics were a mess (gate was used by an unsigned flight to SAN first (!) ... lots of time spent weight balancing the flight because of an inoperable baggage hold (initial loading should have taken that into account, since plane had been flying that way that day) ... and then plane had to go back to gate for more fuel because of SFO delays (easily could have been done - and foreseen - while reweighting the plane). Airline came across as extremely disorganized. Note: on-board experience was fine ...

I think in 6:15 hrs flight the airlines should give some meal and not just couple of cookies People reach their homes at around 12 mid night and then they have to make dinner and eat I started my home at around 5 o clock and no food till 12 midnight You should give some reasonable meal in flight Thanks

The only options for beverages were water and apple juice. When did that happen?

Pretty terrible. The aisles on this flight were too narrow so we had to carry our baby, care seat, luggage, travel stroller step by step down the aisle slowing down a lot of passengers in the process. Not only was this a safety hazard but remember that scene from game of thrones where Cersei walks naked through the streets? It felt about as excruciating as that except both me and my husband were carrying 50lbs of weight while everyone from the flight attendants and passengers dolled out comments like “that stroller doesn’t fit in the overhead compartment and you should check it at the gate” when it is a travel stroller that absolutely fits and did fit in the overhead compartment. The flight said it was 30 min delayed but in actuality we did not take off until 1.5 hours past the original time. It was absolutely terrible. Alaska also charged us 200 dollars just in baggage fees even tho we took the time to buy two check on baggages via their app and bought an extra seat for our child and they still refused to overlook our first time flying with them. Everyone in general looked super miserable and traveling with them with a child is pretty much untenable. Lastly I originally thought I had booked an AM flight for my family but it was a PM flight which I knew was not going to end well since we had a 1.5 year old with us on a flight that gets in 9p. I ended up calling Alaska to try to change the first leg for a change fee, and would even have accepted half of a refund to book a completely different flight but of course they refused and absolutely allowed no flexibility to plans so I guess my revenge was our baby cried for 3 out of the four hour flight and hopefully convinced every miserable person on that flight to never fly Alaska again 🤷🏻‍♀️

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

Had a broken tray in business class. Crew just shrugged it off.

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.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Fairbanks to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
6/4Tue
1 stopDelta
7h 04mFAI-SFO
$188
6/4Tue
2 stopsDelta
13h 47mFAI-SFO
$193
6/5Wed
1 stopAlaska Airlines
11h 37mFAI-SFO
$197
6/8Sat
1 stopAlaska Airlines
6h 39mFAI-SFO
$198
6/10Mon
2 stopsDelta
16h 15mFAI-SFO
$213
6/5Wed
2 stopsAlaska Airlines
16h 59mFAI-SFO
$232
6/9Sun
2 stopsDelta
17h 52mFAI-SFO
$244
7/13Sat
1 stopDelta
9h 46mFAI-SFO
$256
8/30Fri
2 stopsUnited Airlines
18h 39mFAI-SFO
$409
7/14Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
26h 59mFAI-SFO
$465

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Fairbanks - San Francisco Flights

Departure:

Fairbanks (FAI)United States

Destination:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

Return flight deals:

San Francisco - Fairbanks

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