$263 Find Cheap Flights from Champaign to California

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Champaign to California departing on 10/18. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheap Flights from Champaign to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$450
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$378
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$414
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$534
Reno
Reno1 stop$392
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$534
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$450
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$378
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$414
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$534
Reno
Reno1 stop$392
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$534

Book Cheap Champaign to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Champaign to California 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Champaign to California

Sat, Jan 31 - Wed, Feb 4
American Airlines Logo
3:43 pm - 7:58 pmCMI-LAS
6h 15m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:24 pmLAS-CMI
6h 24m1 stop
$346American Airlines
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Sat, Jan 31 - Wed, Feb 4
American Airlines Logo
1:12 pm - 4:58 pmCMI-LAS
5h 46m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:47 am - 6:17 pmLAS-CMI
9h 30m2 stops
$352American Airlines
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Sat, Jan 31 - Wed, Feb 4
American Airlines Logo
1:12 pm - 8:24 pmCMI-LAS
9h 12m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:47 am - 6:17 pmLAS-CMI
9h 30m2 stops
$357American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 4 - Mon, Oct 6
American Airlines Logo
3:32 pm - 9:05 pmCMI-SFO
7h 33m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:17 pmSFO-CMI
7h 17m1 stop
$378American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 4 - Mon, Oct 6
American Airlines Logo
7:12 am - 4:07 pmCMI-SFO
10h 55m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:17 pmSFO-CMI
7h 17m1 stop
$384American Airlines
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Sat, Oct 18 - Tue, Oct 21
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 2:31 pmCMI-SFO
10h 31m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:05 am - 8:57 pmSFO-CMI
8h 52m2 stops
$389American Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Sat, Nov 22
American Airlines Logo
1:22 pm - 5:22 pmCMI-LAS
6h 00m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 10:45 amLAS-CMI
8h 50m1 stop
$397American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 16 - Thu, Dec 25
American Airlines Logo
3:16 pm - 8:16 pmCMI-SAN
7h 00m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:40 am - 8:37 pmSAN-CMI
8h 57m1 stop
$414American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 16 - Thu, Dec 25
American Airlines Logo
3:16 pm - 10:21 pmCMI-SAN
9h 05m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
9:50 am - 9:30 pmSAN-CMI
9h 40m2 stops
$420American Airlines
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Mon, Oct 13 - Tue, Oct 21
American Airlines Logo
4:26 pm - 8:42 pmCMI-LAS
6h 16m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:19 pmLAS-CMI
7h 19m1 stop
$426American Airlines
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Champaign to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Champaign to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Champaign to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Champaign to California, 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 Champaign to California is April, when tickets cost $462 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $694 and $653 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Champaign to California?

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to California on a Saturday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from Champaign to California. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Fridays for the best deals.

Good to know

Low seasonMay
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 5% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Champaign to California?

    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 Champaign to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Champaign to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Champaign to California 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 Champaign to California?

    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 Champaign to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Champaign to California?

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

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $568 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 in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $568.

Reviews of the top airline flying from Champaign to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Champaign to California. 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Champaign to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.2
American AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
8.0Crew
6.9Entertainment
7.2Comfort
6.4Food
7.5Boarding
Airline reviews

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

10.0 ExcellentEnchantress, Sep 2025JFK - SFO
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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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