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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 Alaska to California.

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

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 from Alaska to California with an airline and back with another airline.

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

Alaska and California are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Alaska Airlines (31 flights per week), Qatar Airways (17 flights per week), and American Airlines (12 flights per week).

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 40% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Francisco Airport (SFO), with an average flight price of $340.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $417. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Wednesday, where round-trip prices are $639 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $508 on average. On average, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $547.

The cheapest ticket to California from Alaska found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $257 round-trip. The most popular route is Anchorage (ANC) to San Francisco (SFO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $390.

The cheapest month for flights from Alaska to California is November, when tickets cost $233 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $377 and $351 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Alaska to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 52% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

From Alaska, there are direct flights to California from 1 city. This city is Anchorage and there are 133 direct flights each week.

There are around 19 direct flights from within Alaska to California every day. Most flights (45%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 133 direct flights from within Alaska to California. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Alaska to California takes 11h 07m, covering a distance of 2129 miles. The shortest route is Anchorage (ANC) to San Francisco (SFO) with an average flight time of 4h 43m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to California. Instead, there are 133 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Anchorage.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (23% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (15%) and San Francisco (12%). Searches for flights to San Diego (10%), to Ontario (6%) and to Sacramento (6%) are also popular.