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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 Arizona to California.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Arizona 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 Arizona 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 Arizona to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Arizona and California are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are American Airlines (392 flights per week), Southwest (383 flights per week), and Alaska Airlines (120 flights per week).

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 41% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Long Beach Municipal Airport (LGB), with an average flight price of $135.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $301. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $747 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $334 on average. Morning departures are around 24% cheaper than evening flights, on average. 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 $660.

The cheapest ticket to California from Arizona found in the last 5 days was to San Diego, at $46 round-trip. The most popular route is Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport (PHX) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $74.

The cheapest month for flights from Arizona to California is October, when tickets cost $139 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $181 and $181 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Arizona to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 34% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

From Arizona, there are direct flights to California from 3 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Phoenix, with 1,875 direct flights each week.

There are around 330 direct flights from within Arizona to California every day. Most flights (53%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 2,305 direct flights from within Arizona to California. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Arizona to California takes 2h 01m, covering a distance of 462 miles. The shortest route is Las Vegas (LAS) to Ontario (ONT) with an average flight time of 1h 00m.

There are not any long-haul (6-12 hour flight duration) or medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) flights to California. Instead, there are 2,305 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Phoenix.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Los Angeles (21% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are San Francisco (15%) and Las Vegas (14%). Searches for flights to San Diego (10%), to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (7%) and to Reno (5%) are also popular.