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Cheap Flights from Columbus to San Diego (CMH-SAN)

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

Wed, Jul 2 - Thu, Jul 10
Spirit Airlines Logo
4:47 pm - 11:29 pmCMH-SAN
9h 42m1 stop
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6:15 am - 5:25 pmSAN-CMH
8h 10m1 stop
$191Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Jul 10 - Thu, Jul 17
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 11:06 pmCMH-SAN
7h 36m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 5:25 pmSAN-CMH
8h 10m1 stop
$205Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 25
United Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 9:34 amCMH-SAN
6h 34m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
9:45 pm - 9:33 amSAN-CMH
8h 48m1 stop
$297United Airlines
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Tue, Aug 5 - Tue, Aug 12
Southwest Logo
12:45 pm - 6:45 pmCMH-SAN
9h 00m2 stops
Southwest Logo
12:40 pm - 11:15 pmSAN-CMH
7h 35m1 stop
$302Southwest
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Sat, Aug 9 - Tue, Aug 12
American Airlines Logo
5:30 am - 9:19 amCMH-SAN
6h 49m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 10:36 pmSAN-CMH
6h 46m1 stop
$310American Airlines
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Sat, Aug 16 - Sat, Aug 23
Delta Logo
8:10 am - 1:58 pmCMH-SAN
8h 48m1 stop
Delta Logo
10:40 pm - 9:56 amSAN-CMH
8h 16m1 stop
$323Delta
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Mon, Jul 28 - Mon, Aug 4
American Airlines Logo
2:16 pm - 8:04 pmCMH-SAN
8h 48m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
10:45 pm - 10:05 amSAN-CMH
8h 20m1 stop
$382American Airlines
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Sat, Aug 30 - Mon, Sep 1
Delta Logo
12:10 pm - 6:01 pmCMH-SAN
8h 51m1 stop
Delta Logo
9:56 pm - 11:46 amSAN-CMH
10h 50m1 stop
$388Delta
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Thu, Aug 14 - Mon, Aug 25
United Airlines Logo
3:38 pm - 12:15 amCMH-SAN
11h 37m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:02 am - 11:43 pmSAN-CMH
11h 41m2 stops
$397United Airlines
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Wed, Jul 23 - Wed, Jul 30
Southwest Logo
8:05 am - 2:25 pmCMH-SAN
9h 20m2 stops
Southwest Logo
9:55 am - 10:00 pmSAN-CMH
9h 05m1 stop
$424Southwest
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to San Diego flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Columbus to San Diego 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 San Diego?

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San Diego on a Wednesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Columbus, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Mondays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus Airport to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus Airport to San Diego, 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 San Diego is January, where tickets cost $316 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $512 and $504 respectively.

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

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 San Diego, 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 San Diego, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonJune
Cheapest flight$84
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Columbus to San Diego

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Columbus to San Diego based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Columbus to San Diego flights

  • How can I get to San Diego from San Diego International Airport?

    San Diego is only a few miles from the airport and is accessible through myriad transit options. You can leave the arrival airport using taxis, shuttles, and buses. Consider taking a taxi if you have luggage or are traveling with family because it is more convenient and efficient.

  • What accessible services are available at San Diego International Airport?

    The airport has been designed to accommodate passengers with disabilities. Their facilities and services have been modified to be more accessible. You can request wheelchair assistance, but we recommend contacting your airline in advance. Further accommodations can be made upon request.

  • What facilities are parent-friendly at Columbus International Airport?

    John Glenn Columbus International Airport has private nursing rooms in all concourses that all mothers can access. The rooms provide private and comfortable spaces for breastfeeding mothers. All the rooms are fitted with power outlets for breast pumps.

  • Does John Glenn Columbus International Airport have lounges?

    Lounges are a great place to unwind and relax as you wait to board your flight. The departure airport has a few of them offering elegant amenities and facilities to enhance your travel, such as the Escape Lounges and Jake Brewer USO Lounge.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus Airport to San Diego?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus Airport to San Diego was $84 for a one-way ticket and $191 for a round-trip.

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

    Even though you are not required to have a passport, keep in mind that an official ID is needed to board the airplane.

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

    Columbus airport is called Columbus and the only airport in San Diego is San Diego.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Columbus to San Diego?

    The Boeing 737-700 Passenger/BBJ1 (winglets) is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Columbus to San Diego flight route.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Columbus to San Diego?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Columbus to San Diego on Saturday.

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Columbus to San Diego are Delta and Southwest. With an average price for the route of $440 and an overall rating of 8.0, Delta is the most popular choice. Southwest is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $492 and an overall rating of 8.0.

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

    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 San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego 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 San Diego?

    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 San Diego with an airline and back to Columbus with another airline. Booking your flights between Columbus and SAN 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 San Diego?

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

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Columbus Airport to San Diego

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $477 or less round-trip.
  • Columbus is served by John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH), situated about 6 miles from downtown Columbus. You can easily get to the airport using several transit options, including taxis, rideshare, and public transportation. The COTA bus line is efficient and affordable. However, if you want comfort and convenience, we recommend opting for a taxi.
  • CMH provides various parking options, including Valet parking, to enhance your travel experience. Some shuttles link the garages to the terminals departing for the terminals every 15min. You can park your car at John Glenn Columbus International Airport for short or long-term, depending on your travel needs.
  • Flights from Columbus will be arriving at San Diego International Airport (SAN). The airport is about 3 miles from downtown San Diego. Upon arrival, take some time to explore the vast collection of permanent artworks that supports the Airport Authority's mission. Before you leave the airport, treat yourself to a beautiful and elegant exhibition dedicated to enhancing the travel experience for passengers.
  • You can find several accommodation options near San Diego International Airport, whether traveling for leisure or business. The airport has access to hotels that provide elegant amenities and a relaxing on-site and off-site environment. Stay at the Hampton Inn & Suites San Diego Airport Liberty Station, which is 0.8 miles from SAN, or the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, which is 0.4 miles from the airport.
  • There are no direct flights operating from Columbus and San Diego. However, several airlines are providing connecting flights with at least one layover. The most common layover occurs at Harry Reid International Airport and O'Hare International Airport. Connecting flights are much cheaper compared to direct flights and are recommended if you do not mind a few more hours to your trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Columbus to San Diego?

Find which airlines fly direct from Columbus Airport to San Diego Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

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Columbus to San Diego

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Direct returns

San Diego to Columbus

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Top 5 airlines serving from Columbus to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus to San Diego. 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 4286 reviews
7.6Entertainment
7.1Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.2Boarding
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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.

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

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.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

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.

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

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

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.

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.

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