$55 Find Cheap Flights from Columbus to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Columbus

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$151
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$237
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$158
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$229
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$301
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$297
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$403
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$509
Reno
Reno1 stop$285
Sacramento
Sacramento3 stops$189
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$151
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$237
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$158
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$229
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$301
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$297
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$403
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$509
Reno
Reno1 stop$285
Sacramento
Sacramento3 stops$189

Cheap Flights from Columbus to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Columbus 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.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Columbus to California

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Columbus to California.
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Spirit Airlines Logo
4:56 pm - 6:22 pmCMH-LAS
4h 26mnonstop
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9:10 am - 4:01 pmLAS-CMH
3h 51mnonstop
$118Spirit Airlines
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Thu, May 29 - Thu, Jun 5
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:56 pm - 6:22 pmCMH-LAS
4h 26mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:10 am - 4:01 pmLAS-CMH
3h 51mnonstop
$137Spirit Airlines
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Sun, Jun 1 - Thu, Jun 5
American Airlines Logo
6:02 pm - 7:46 pmCMH-LAX
4h 44mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
12:40 pm - 11:04 pmLAX-CMH
7h 24m1 stop
$199American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 13 - Sat, Aug 16
American Airlines Logo
7:03 am - 11:44 amCMH-LAX
7h 41m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:52 pm - 11:53 pmLAX-CMH
7h 01m1 stop
$209American Airlines
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Wed, Aug 13 - Sat, Aug 16
United Airlines Logo
2:21 pm - 7:11 pmCMH-LAX
7h 50m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 10:02 amLAX-CMH
6h 32m1 stop
$237United Airlines
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Thu, May 29 - Mon, Jun 2
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 10:15 amCMH-SFO
7h 15m1 stop
Delta Logo
12:52 am - 10:05 amSFO-CMH
6h 13m1 stop
$237Delta
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Sat, Jul 5 - Fri, Jul 11
United Airlines Logo
8:55 am - 12:49 pmCMH-LAX
6h 54m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 2:32 pmLAX-CMH
6h 27m1 stop
$242United Airlines
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Thu, May 29 - Tue, Jun 3
Delta Logo
7:05 pm - 11:51 pmCMH-SFO
7h 46m1 stop
Delta Logo
1:48 pm - 12:39 amSFO-CMH
7h 51m1 stop
$257Delta
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Thu, Jun 5 - Tue, Jun 10
Southwest Logo
4:55 pm - 11:10 pmCMH-SFO
9h 15m2 stops
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10:45 pm - 11:35 amSFO-CMH
9h 50m1 stop
$308Southwest
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Tue, Jun 24 - Tue, Jul 1
Southwest Logo
6:30 pm - 9:55 pmCMH-LAX
6h 25m1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:05 am - 4:40 pmLAX-CMH
8h 35m2 stops
$310Southwest
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Sat, May 31 - Tue, Jun 3
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Columbus Airport to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Columbus Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $257 round-trip. The most popular route is from Columbus Airport (CMH) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $257.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Columbus Airport to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $622, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport 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 Columbus Airport to California is September, when tickets cost $259 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $407 and $398 respectively.

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

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

When flying from Columbus to California, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Columbus, you’ll find the best rates on Wednesdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Columbus Airport to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Columbus Airport to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonMay
Cheapest flight$55
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 0% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.
Flight from Columbus to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

Flights from Columbus to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Columbus to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Spirit AirlinesCMH-LAXJun 2024
Go with a major airline if you can afford it.
Verified travelerFlew with Spirit AirlinesCMH-LAXAug 2024
Spirit is the only airline that goes to Columbus nonstop

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Columbus 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 Columbus to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus 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 afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $185 on average. Morning departures are around 82% more expensive than evening flights, on average. 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 $537.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Columbus to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $155 one-way - $277 round-trip

Top 5 airlines serving from Columbus to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4294 reviews
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
7.6Entertainment
8.2Boarding
7.1Food
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It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025LGB - SMF
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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.

Wi Fi was horrible kept cutting out the whole time and too expensive

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

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.

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 hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

They separated our seats and moved us to the back of the plane. Hundreds of dollars and thousands of miles used and this was my platinum member experience.

AC barely worked on a 50 minute flight. It was very warm the whole flight. Flight was very bumpy and hard landing.

Got on the plane and then needed to deboard the plane because they didn’t have any pilots?

The flight was canceled two hours before departure, it took over five hours to rebook us on another flight.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

Awful. Worst airline I have ever been on. Crew were among the rudest people I have ever dealt with. United staff members were rude and disrespectful. My flight was delayed, causing me to miss a connecting flight. I understand things happen, but when staff start lying about what actually happened, that is when I have an issue. Just be honest, really it isn’t that hard. I’m being very honest with this review and I don’t find this difficult what so ever. In fact, because of United Airlines, my Christmas holiday was off to a really rocky start. As someone who has traveled across the world, it has only been United that I have had a truly awful experience.

Boarding always seems a bit chaotic. Seat spacing could leave more for leg room.

Good flight. On time. Boarding and seating was easy. Crew were really friendly, yet professional. Bathroom (by cockpit) was small but serviceable. Some the seats were showing some notable wear & tear, but were comfy. Very happy UA customer. TY! 🤛🏽💗

We arrived early and finally made it to our gate almost an hour after.

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

Boarded over an hour late, no communication, the sign just changed, no attendant to answer questions - she disappeared forever (hiding). Small plane and couldn’t hear the overhead nor understand.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Would have been good to have a meal since it was a 5.5 hour flight

We boarded after several delays due to mechanical failure and a gate change. The seat cushion in the exit row was very compressed and offered no cushion, making the four-hour journey reasonably uncomfortable. The WiFi worked for a few people, but for most, it did not, and you cannot get entertainment unless you can connect—American Airlines flights do not have seatback screens, and you must use your mobile phone.

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

would be great to get basic water, soda at least and stop charging for carry ons

Your crew is a representation of your Standards and Values. The crew from Seattle to LAX, was very disappointing. The crew was more interested in hanging out at the lobby area. Talking, laughing loudly and eating all the snacks. They did not do regular rounds to see if customers needed anything. This was a huge disappointment. I will no longer be flying with your airlines moving forward.

- flight attendants not very friendly. - Paid for WiFi and plane didn’t have it working , never got a refund.

We got to fly on the new airplane. Much better as it’s roomier and cleaner than before. Most Importantly it’s much more comfortable. I still can’t move the seat back but the extra space made up for it. I didn’t taste the food or drinks because they charge for everything so I didn’t bother. I didn’t experience the entertainment because I downloaded my own movies on my phone. The crew was great. The flight itself was smooth . No complaints.

I was comfortable because I upgraded. I would not have been comfortable in economy. It was a short flight so there was limited food service and no inflight entertainment.

I thought since I upgraded my seat I would get some perks. Free water, free snacks. Free carry on luggage.

It’s ridiculous to pay for carry-on luggage. I also wasn’t given an option to specify I have carry on bag at time of ticket purchase. I also could not specify I have carry on luggage at time of online check-in.

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