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$184 Find Cheap Flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana

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Cheap Flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana (BUF-SNA)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Buffalo to Santa Ana

Fri, Oct 17 - Sun, Oct 19
Frontier Logo
5:24 pm - 1:35 pmBUF-SNA
23h 11m1 stop
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5:52 pm - 4:29 pmSNA-BUF
19h 37m2 stops
$357Frontier
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Wed, Nov 19 - Wed, Jan 7
Delta Logo
6:12 am - 10:41 amBUF-SNA
7h 29m1 stop
Delta Logo
12:15 pm - 11:07 pmSNA-BUF
7h 52m1 stop
$377Delta
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Tue, Nov 18 - Wed, Jan 7
Delta Logo
10:22 am - 10:28 pmBUF-SNA
15h 06m2 stops
Delta Logo
12:15 pm - 11:07 pmSNA-BUF
7h 52m1 stop
$382Delta
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Tue, Jan 6 - Tue, Jan 6
American Airlines Logo
6:21 am - 1:47 pmBUF-SNA
10h 26m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:58 pm - 10:47 amSNA-BUF
11h 49m2 stops
$387American Airlines
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Sat, Nov 15 - Wed, Jan 7
Delta Logo
12:05 pm - 6:36 pmBUF-SNA
9h 31m1 stop
Delta Logo
12:15 pm - 11:07 pmSNA-BUF
7h 52m1 stop
$397Delta
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Wed, Nov 19 - Mon, Jan 5
Delta Logo
6:12 am - 10:41 amBUF-SNA
7h 29m1 stop
Delta Logo
9:20 pm - 1:48 pmSNA-BUF
13h 28m2 stops
$402Delta
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Tue, Nov 25 - Tue, Dec 2
Southwest Logo
5:45 am - 11:00 amBUF-SNA
8h 15m1 stop
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10:30 am - 9:05 pmSNA-BUF
7h 35m1 stop
$412Southwest
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Tue, Nov 25 - Tue, Dec 2
Southwest Logo
5:45 am - 11:00 amBUF-SNA
8h 15m1 stop
Southwest Logo
9:30 am - 9:05 pmSNA-BUF
8h 35m2 stops
$417Southwest
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Wed, Oct 15 - Tue, Oct 21
American Airlines Logo
6:14 am - 10:48 amBUF-SNA
7h 34m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:44 pm - 10:28 pmSNA-BUF
6h 44m1 stop
$477American Airlines
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Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 11
United Airlines Logo
5:50 pm - 10:14 amBUF-SNA
19h 24m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
4:05 pm - 9:49 amSNA-BUF
14h 44m2 stops
$528United Airlines
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Frontier
Cheapest • from $357 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to travel
August
Cheapest • 23% price drop
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Cheapest round-trip
$357
Overall average: $560
Frontier
Fri 10/17Sun 10/19
BUF - SNA • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$184
Typical prices: $228-381
Frontier
Sun 10/26
BUF - SNA • 2 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Buffalo to Santa Ana flights

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What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana), Saturday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from John Wayne (Santa Ana) back to Buffalo, the best deals are generally found on Friday, with Monday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Buffalo to Santa Ana?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana, 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 Buffalo to Santa Ana is August, where tickets cost $404 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $663 and $647 respectively.

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Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$184
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 3% increase in price.
Flight from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Buffalo to Santa Ana 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 flights from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

  • What is the cheapest flight from Buffalo to Santa Ana?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Buffalo to Santa Ana was $184 for a one-way ticket and $357 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Buffalo and John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    No, a passport isn't needed to fly from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana). However, local authorities might ask for an official ID.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    Buffalo airport is called Buffalo and the only airport in John Wayne (Santa Ana) is Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Buffalo and John Wayne (Santa Ana), with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Buffalo to Santa Ana are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $547 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $596 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    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 Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana).

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to John Wayne (Santa Ana) from Buffalo 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 Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) with an airline and back to Buffalo with another airline. Booking your flights between Buffalo and SNA 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 Buffalo to John Wayne (Santa Ana)?

    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 John Wayne (Santa Ana) from Buffalo up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Buffalo to Santa Ana

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Buffalo to Santa Ana. 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.
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4242 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

10.0 ExcellentGordon, Jul 2025GEG - OAK
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

It went well. Plane wasn't full. Will be great when assigned seating is in place

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

This route with Delta always has delays or is cancelled. Aircrafts seem smaller and older. I fly Delta quite a bit - haven’t had issues with the international flights. But this route has always been the troublesome one

Three seats in first class were broken and while they were able to still acommodate us it was looking very touch and go and they had others they could not acommodate

I believe that a four-hour trip should have a meal. Delta had none.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

The stewardess hit me with the food kart twice on the head and didn't say I'm sorry once. The same stewardess gave me a warm Apple Juice with No ice. The Flight was delayed for Departure 6 times, starting from 2:36pm, finally taking off 7:50pm. I was late picking up my child from the sitter by 3 hours.

Did not get the seat I selected and paid for.

My flight was delayed for several hours. Sitting at gate 16 for several hours, I got a text from Kayak the gate changed to 9 before it was announced. Very bad communication at each gate from American Airlines employees. I received 10 notifications of delay from Kayak. My vacation started off horrible! I will write to American Airlines corporate office also.

Delayed flight that lead to a missed connection and a 5-hour trip became a 12-hour flight 🙄

There is no room, no gluten free options, or any free internet/entertainment. You have to bring your own tablet or smartphone because there are no screens.

Amazing food, great staff, with one noticable detail missing ...but no seat entertainment in any of aircraft ...I am not a fan

Boarding gate in Honolulu was staffed with a great clerk with a soothing voice despite the flight delay of over an hour. Flight attendants in the plane were all grumpy, not pleasant looking bunch. Their sour attitude showed throughout the flight. Inly able to get a select few movies started. Most of the movie links in the “free entertainment” did not work.

This was a horrible experience. For a first class experience, my chair was held together by 3M tape - and I have a photo. The crew weren’t very attentive, somewhat dismissive and forgot my drink and snack, the chair reclined about 3 inches on a 6-hour cross country flight. I was also not informed that there was no lounge available in Newark airport because of renovations, so all around this was one of the worst experiences and I would actively avoid both American and Alaska Air going forward.

Boarding was very efficient. Everyone got on board and we got on our way very quickly. It was frustrating that the entertainment app was not functioning properly. I was not able to activate some of the movies offered. The crew on this flight appears to be pretty grumpy. They had no smile on their faces. I felt like they were doing us a favor for being there.

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