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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 Colorado to California.

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

Colorado and California are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are United Airlines (548 flights per week), Air Canada (399 flights per week), and Southwest (362 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 Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty Airport (SNA), with an average flight price of $174.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Thursday 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 $570 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $329 on average. Morning departures are around 54% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $711.

The cheapest ticket to California from Colorado found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $84 round-trip. The most popular route is Aspen (ASE) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $84.

The cheapest month for flights from Colorado to California is September, when tickets cost $158 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $208 and $207 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from Colorado to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 30% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

From Colorado, there are direct flights to California from 5 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Denver, with 2,400 direct flights each week.

There are around 363 direct flights from within Colorado to California every day. Most flights (42%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 2,539 direct flights from within Colorado to California. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from Colorado to California takes 3h 12m, covering a distance of 800 miles. The shortest route is Grand Junction (GJT) to Las Vegas (LAS) with an average flight time of 1h 35m.

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 2,539 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Denver.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Las Vegas (25% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (15%) and San Francisco (13%). Searches for flights to Ontario (11%), to San Diego (9%) and to John Wayne (Santa Ana) (6%) are also popular.