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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 California to Alaska.

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

California and Alaska are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Alaska Airlines (30 flights per week), Qatar Airways (22 flights per week), and Condor (21 flights per week).

There are 168 airports in Alaska. The busiest airport is Anchorage Airport (ANC), with 26% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Alaska is Anchorage Airport (ANC), with an average flight price of $338.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Alaska is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $425. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $514 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Alaska is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $443 on average. Morning departures are around 29% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Alaska is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $768.

The cheapest ticket to Alaska from California found in the last 5 days was to Anchorage, at $395 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Anchorage (ANC) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $395.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Alaska is November, when tickets cost $31 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $577 and $456 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Alaska, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 53% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Alaska from 4 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 108 direct flights each week.

There are around 24 direct flights from within California to Alaska every day. Most flights (77%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 165 direct flights from within California to Alaska. The most common day for departures is Wednesday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Alaska takes 8h 05m, covering a distance of 2058 miles. The shortest route is Sacramento (SMF) to Anchorage (ANC) 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 Alaska. Instead, there are 165 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Los Angeles.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Anchorage (75% of total searches to Alaska). The next most popular destinations are Fairbanks (12%) and Juneau (7%). Searches for flights to Ketchikan (2%), to Sitka (1%) and to Kodiak (1%) are also popular.