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$119 Find Cheap Flights from Columbus to Oakland

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Cheap Flights from Columbus to Oakland (CMH-OAK)

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

Mon, Sep 29 - Sat, Oct 4
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:53 pm - 11:32 pmCMH-OAK
13h 39m1 stop
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6:30 am - 10:45 pmOAK-CMH
13h 15m1 stop
$247Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Sep 29 - Sat, Oct 4
Spirit Airlines Logo
12:53 pm - 11:32 pmCMH-OAK
13h 39m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 10:45 pmOAK-CMH
13h 15m1 stop
$261Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 27
Southwest Logo
5:05 pm - 10:45 pmCMH-OAK
8h 40m1 stop
Southwest Logo
3:55 pm - 1:00 amOAK-CMH
6h 05m1 stop
$303Southwest
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Wed, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 27
Southwest Logo
12:50 pm - 9:15 pmCMH-OAK
11h 25m2 stops
Southwest Logo
8:40 am - 7:45 pmOAK-CMH
8h 05m1 stop
$308Southwest
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Thu, Oct 23 - Mon, Oct 27
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:43 pm - 12:03 amCMH-OAK
8h 20m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:30 am - 5:28 pmOAK-CMH
28h 58m2 stops
$367Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Nov 11 - Tue, Dec 2
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:24 pm - 1:55 pmCMH-OAK
22h 31m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:31 pm - 6:03 pmOAK-CMH
24h 32m1 stop
$396Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Feb 12 - Mon, Feb 16
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:25 pm - 11:38 pmCMH-OAK
8h 13m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 5:23 pmOAK-CMH
7h 53m1 stop
$403Multiple Airlines
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Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 11
Delta Logo
7:50 am - 12:30 pmCMH-OAK
7h 40m1 stop
Delta Logo
1:15 pm - 11:02 pmOAK-CMH
6h 47m1 stop
$429Delta
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Mon, Sep 29 - Fri, Oct 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:56 am - 12:04 amCMH-OAK
16h 08m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:56 am - 10:45 pmOAK-CMH
8h 49m2 stops
$440Multiple Airlines
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Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 11
Delta Logo
3:50 pm - 11:53 pmCMH-OAK
11h 03m2 stops
Delta Logo
1:15 pm - 11:02 pmOAK-CMH
6h 47m1 stop
$494Delta
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Spirit Airlines
Cheapest • from $247 (round-trip)
Southwest
Best reviews • 8.0 score
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When to travel
September
Cheapest • 28% price drop
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Cheapest round-trip
$247
Overall average: $330
Spirit Airlines
Mon 9/29Sat 10/4
CMH - OAK • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$119
Typical prices: $150-209
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Wed 10/1
CMH - OAK • 1 stop
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to Oakland flights

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

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

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to Oakland, 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 Oakland is September, where tickets cost $330 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and November, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $626 and $567 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$119
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 16% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking Columbus to Oakland flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus Airport to Oakland?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus Airport to Oakland was $119 for a one-way ticket and $247 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Columbus and Oakland?

    No

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Columbus to Oakland?

    When flying out of Columbus you will be using Columbus. You will be landing at Oakland, also known as Oakland.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Columbus to Oakland?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Columbus to Oakland?

    SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Columbus and Oakland, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Columbus to Oakland, Southwest or Delta?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Columbus to Oakland are Southwest and Delta. With an average price for the route of $455 and an overall rating of 8.0, Southwest is the most popular choice. Delta is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $362 and an overall rating of 7.9.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Columbus to Oakland?

    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 Oakland.

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

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

    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 to Oakland with an airline and back to Columbus with another airline. Booking your flights between Columbus and OAK can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

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

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

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Columbus to Oakland

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus to Oakland. 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 4242 reviews
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

10.0 ExcellentGordon, Jul 2025GEG - OAK
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Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

Sat on tarmac for 2 hours and then missed my connecting flight

First time traveling on Southwest since bag fees were implemented. Usual good service. Just more expensive now.

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.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

I like for how they process during check in. It was very smoothly.

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

Cancelled my flight last minute and did not help me rebook. It was a horrible experience.

Late departure by 1:45min. No explanation why. During boarding inconsistent policing of their baggage rules. Before takeoff and lamdimg strange obsession with window shade and armrest positions. Don't know why they care. 15 min tarmac delay on arrival, they blamed airport congestion but we were the o lh flight waiting, it was clear it was due to poor staff planning (only one ground crew to receive airplanes and multiple arrivals) Got there but was rrally lame the whole trip.

Crew from Columbus to Atlanta excellent. Flight overall was good. Flight crew from Atlanta to Newark were average probably because they had to deal with overbooked flight and obnoxious people on the flight. Ground crew in terminal needed to do a better job limiting luggage boarding the plane.

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

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.

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