$143 Find Cheap Flights from California to New Jersey - Compare and Save

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 New Jersey.

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

There are 3 airports in New Jersey. The busiest airport is Teterboro Airport (TEB), with 57% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New Jersey is Newark Airport (EWR), with an average flight price of $353.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Jersey is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $420. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $543 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to New Jersey is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $400 on average. Morning departures are around 23% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Jersey is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $494.

The cheapest ticket to New Jersey from California found in the last 5 days was to Newark Airport, at $253 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Newark Airport (EWR) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $253.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to New Jersey, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 35% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

An average nonstop flight from California to New Jersey takes 6h 24m, covering a distance of 2439 miles. The shortest route is Las Vegas (LAS) to Philadelphia (PHL) with an average flight time of 4h 38m.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is New York (97% of total searches to New Jersey). The next most popular destinations are Philadelphia (3%) and Trenton (0%). Searches for flights to Atlantic City (0%) are also popular.