$59 Find Cheap Flights from Dallas to California

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Cheap Flights from Dallas to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$172
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$197
San Diego
San Diegononstop$115
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$282
Palm Springs
Palm Springsnonstop$335
Fresno
Fresno2 stops$224
Reno
Reno1 stop$185
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$270
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$172
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$197
San Diego
San Diegononstop$115
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$282
Palm Springs
Palm Springsnonstop$335
Fresno
Fresno2 stops$224
Reno
Reno1 stop$185
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$270

Book Cheap Dallas 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 Dallas 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 Dallas to California

Tue, May 19 - Sat, May 23
Frontier Logo
4:34 pm - 5:59 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 25mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:37 am - 8:07 am
SAN
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DFW
20h 30m
1 stop
$115Frontier
Tue, May 19 - Sat, May 23
Frontier Logo
4:34 pm - 5:59 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 25mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:37 am - 8:07 am
SAN
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DFW
20h 30m
1 stop
$117Frontier
Tue, May 19 - Sat, May 23
Frontier Logo
4:34 pm - 5:59 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 25mnonstop
Frontier Logo
9:37 am - 8:07 am
SAN
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DFW
20h 30m
1 stop
$118Frontier
Mon, Jun 1 - Wed, Jun 3
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:41 pm - 10:37 pm
DFW
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LAS
2h 56mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:59 am - 5:41 am
LAS
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DFW
2h 42mnonstop
$148Multiple Airlines
Sun, May 31 - Sat, Jun 6
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:44 pm - 11:54 pm
DFW
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LAS
3h 10mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:50 pm - 4:30 am
LAS
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DFW
2h 40mnonstop
$152Multiple Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Thu, Sep 24
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 8:04 am
DFW
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LAX
3h 19mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:18 am - 2:23 pm
LAX
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DFW
3h 05mnonstop
$179Spirit Airlines
Sat, May 30 - Mon, Jun 8
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:30 pm - 10:54 pm
DFW
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LAX
3h 24mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 5:02 am
LAX
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DFW
3h 03mnonstop
$181Spirit Airlines
Sat, May 23 - Wed, May 27
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:09 pm - 10:59 pm
DFW
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SJC
5h 50m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
10:22 am - 6:13 pm
SJC
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DFW
5h 51m
1 stop
$303Alaska Airlines
Sat, May 30 - Sat, Jun 20
Southwest Logo
2:55 pm - 4:15 pm
DAL
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LAX
3h 20mnonstop
Southwest Logo
6:25 pm - 11:30 pm
LAX
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DAL
3h 05mnonstop
$331Southwest
Sat, Jun 6 - Sat, Jul 11
Southwest Logo
8:55 pm - 10:05 pm
DAL
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LAX
3h 10mnonstop
Southwest Logo
8:35 am - 2:50 pm
LAX
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DAL
4h 15m
1 stop
$337Southwest
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Dallas to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Dallas to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Dallas to California departing in May.

What is the cheapest Dallas to California flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to California from Dallas found in the last 72 hours was to San Diego, at $80 round-trip. The most popular route is from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (DFW) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $178.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Dallas to California depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $248 on average. Morning departures are around 21% 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 $300.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Dallas 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 Dallas to California is October, when tickets cost $238 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $381 and $341 respectively.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Dallas to California, look for departures on Wednesdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Dallas 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 Dallas 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 Dallas to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 28% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$59
Flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

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

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Dallas to California 
StephanieFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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SNA
Apr 2026
download what you can work on in advance, don't rely on WiFi, download music, videos, etc and know that you'll wait over an hour before they start the beverage service
MatthewFlew with Southwest
DAL
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SAN
Jan 2026
If you have Pre-Check don't even worry about getting to the airport early.
FraxysFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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ONT
Feb 2026
Bring your own snacks or sandwich for dinner in the plane.
PiperFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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PSP
Dec 2024
Dress according to comfort on plane rather than either destination! Know that Palm Springs airport is outdoors (and NOT cold) so prepare for that too
Verified travelerFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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SAN
Dec 2024
Bring a neck pillow and if your over 6 ft tall spend the money for exit row. Other customers are not curteous
SoniaFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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SFO
Aug 2024
Leave at least 1.5 hours between flights as Dallas is HUGE!
JoelFlew with American Airlines
DFW
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ONT
May 2024
Dallas is a very spread out airport, jus make sure that you have enough time to transfer during layovers. Also all the restaurants close fairly early

FAQs - booking California flights

  • Which parking options are Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)?

    Two sectors with shuttle bus service to all terminals are at the north and south ends of the airport. North Cell Phone Lot is situated immediately before the North toll plaza. South Cell Phone lot is close to the intersection of Rental Car Drive and Southgate Avenue. Valet staff will greet the Customers, either curbside at Terminal D's Departures level or on the Arrivals level (Level 3) of Terminals A, B, C, and E.

  • Which pet facilities and services are offered in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)?

    The Los Angeles International Airport's PUPS (Pets Unstressing Passengers) Program is one of the state's most significant aviation therapies to deliver a less hectic airport atmosphere. Therapy Dogs, Inc., a nationwide organization that registers, insures, and supports individuals engaging in volunteer animal-assisted activities, has recognized all PUP volunteers and dogs. The puppies and handlers, dressed in red vests with the PUP insignia, contribute to a positive and welcoming airport experience. Most terminals have airside pet relief zones. Landside sites are outside of T1 and T2 and outside of T5.

  • What transport options are there from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to downtown?

    Taxis and customized shuttles operate throughout, from SFO, and the trip to the city center takes approximately 35 minutes. If you want to travel by metro, you can at the Bay Area Rapid Transit station (BART). Every 18 minutes, trains pass by the airport station. Using the bus is your last choice for getting to Union Square in downtown San Francisco. Bus lines 292 and 398 run daily, and a typical trip to San Francisco's center takes 1 hour and 15 minutes. There are also shuttle services that can transport you to the heart of San Francisco, but there are no planned services, and you must arrange your journey in advance.

  • Which family services are offered in SFO?

    Nursing rooms are available if you are traveling with an infant. Terminal 1 and Airside, Landside and Airside of T2, Airside T3 Look for the Nursery and Family Restroom signs and call the airport to request admission. The SFO Kids' Spot interactive discovery spaces will keep your small children occupied. T1, T2, T3 .Loud of Good rents car seats, strollers, and other infant equipment. If you order online, your item will be delivered to one of three kiosks.  

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

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

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Most flights are nonstop if you are looking for direct flights from Dallas to California. The airlines which have nonstop flights are spirit Airlines and delta airlines. They offer nonstop flights on all routes from Dallas to California like (DFW-LAX).
  • If you are looking to lounge in Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), you can pay at the door or have a premium membership to access them. The Centurion Lounge, Plaza Premium Lounge, and United Club are in terminals D, A, and E, respectively.
  • If you are seeking a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Hyatt Regency Los Angeles Airport is the closest airport hotel. It is easily accessible by foot. Additionally, you can choose Courtyard Los Angeles LAX/Century Boulevard and Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel.
  • If you are looking for business facilities in San Francisco International Airport (SFO), in the international terminal, Trippel Business Center provides various services such as mobile phone rentals, photocopying, faxing, and so on. Accessible workstations and electrical outlets can be located all through the Terminals.
  • For the convenience of traveling parents, DFW offers several nursing rooms in Terminals A, C, D, and E. Three conveniently positioned nursing rooms are available inside security.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Dallas to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Dallas 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 Dallas 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4314 reviews
7.0Food
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

8.0 ExcellentCheryl, Apr 2026
DEN - SBA
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This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

The Air hostess were very rude on my flight from Houston to Austin . Their regular communication itself felt a they are shouting at people.

Plane was late. Zero service for 2+ hour flight and it was not that bumpy.

Great flight. Good snacks and drinks. Grateful it was free. The flight from Nashville to louisville, i think her name was Tracy (not sure that's right) super awesome, nice and cheerful. She really enjoyed being at work today! She was the person who scanned the boarding pass on flight wn941. She should be recommended for a raise !

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

I elected to pay for the upgrades and found very little difference

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

No food or entertainment, just a quick 40 minute flight. A little bumpy due to Santa Ana winds but pilot has no control over that. Good flight and landing!

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

Mediocre. Boarding is now unpleasant. The employees, once friendly and nice, are now regularly speaking sternly to passengers, badgering them to do things right so they can take off on time and gate check bags because they don't have enough overhead bin space. The pretzel snack was crushed flat and broken into even smaller pieces, which happens frequently lately. Drink service was suspended before they reached my row.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

The crew was great. Very friendly and responsive. The plane was old, small and tight. We ran out of overhead space and I had to check. Middle seat was particularly tight.

The flight was delayed from take off because only one runway was operational in San Francisco.

Several missed and almost missed connections. It felt like everything was being patched together last minute without enough resources and it ended up being an extremely stressful experience that basically ruined our weekend on the west coast. What a waste.

Packed in plane small uncomfortable seats elbow to elbow nobody wants to be in that situation for the money they paid

Checking in united could not figure out my star alliance gold. Baggage did not get marked priority and didn't receive boarding passes. When got to SFO lounge personal fixed everything Immediately

Flight left on time, arrived early, pleasant staff provided water, coffee, etc. access to bathrooms was reasonable and were well maintained. blankets were available, lots of entertainment options. LUGGAGE SERVICE WAS GREAT. I got my one checked bag quickly and was able to make a bus connection for a 2 hour bus ride saving me from waiting another 1.5 hours.

Terrible, if possible won't be flying again anytime soon!

Wonderful in-seat entertainment with seatback screens and huge selection of quality movies. The ability to bluetooth connect headphones was amazing.

Horrible service no Wi-Fi connection on both leg of the flight and they are refusing to fix bad service

The flight was delayed about an hour for a maintenance specialist to approve the maintenance repair

This flight was delayed but it worked in my favor because my Atlanta to Dallas flight was delayed.

The staff was nice. I appreciated that I was able to take an earlier flight, even though it was last minute. The boarding process felt rather chaotic.

My flight got delayed a total of five times. And the boarding gate changed four times. most of the time the platform was not up-to-date with the changes taking place. The most discouraging part of the entire trip by far.

Returned home with a blood clot from flight homes and the uncomfortable aircraft I was on.

The crew was very kind, but no in-flight entertainment monitors and a 2 hour and 30 minute delay was extremely frustrating.

Everything was delayed and the staff sent me to the wrong gate, causing me to miss one of my flights. I arrived at my destination 6 hours later than I was supposed to.

It was good, the staff was great, and the food, was as usual, tea and biscuit. Bathroom was clean, and the plane was clean as well.

It was really a terrific experience both going and returning on AA. Staff and crew were professional.

I was able to get the AA customer Service desk to put me on an earlier flight without any issues.

The repeated flight delays—this time nearly three hours without any weather-related cause—are unacceptable. Yet, passengers are penalized heavily even for being a minute late. It is unreasonable that there is no compensation for such significant delays, nor even basic provisions like water during the wait or in flight. This imbalance in accountability is deeply frustrating and needs to be addressed.

They keep delaying and cancel at last moment and height was for you to get refund need to be in chat line for two hours. I complained to DOT. Never recommend this airline on Kayak please

We had to take a bus to the plane with a old woman and carry on bags, and at landing at the airport we have to wait one hour seating on the plane waiting for a gate. We came back from Australia Bussines class Quantas 16 hours traveling, then wait in Dallas 7 hours for connection...honestly waiting 1 hour more at the plane was the worst part.

The flight was a big joke very uncomfortable I had a horrible experience and I will never fly with them again everything about the flight was bogus and I’m not happy with it at all this experience makes me not want to fly ever again

No WiFi, no outlets to charge phones, no complimentary beverages on a 6 hour flight

Horrendous and unprofessional staff and will never fly spirit again

Flight was delayed more than 3 hours, and the metro had stopped running by the time we got to the terminal well past midnight, so I was stranded, alone, with no way to get home until the metro started up the next morning.

My flight was cancelled I missed time at work and got a parking ticket

Went as planned. No wifi included and no screens. No free snacks. Didn't buy food so can't rate that. Unable to charge devices on plane. Staff were friendly and flight was fast, cheap and convenient.

Crew was very nice. Take off and landing were great. Economy seats are not comfortable. Extra cost for snacks.

My flight was originally from SAT to MCO connecting from MCO to ORD. We got diverted to ATL and than Frontier staff there was sooo un helpful first they said they couldn’t give us any accommodation since our flight first got delayed that cancelled and now it’s 221am and I am still in ATL since they said they need to create a new flight my final destination is ORD and I have been delayed twice and cancelled. With no real help the frontier app didn’t work no email updates over all such a horrible experience

Gate not determined until I got to the airport - hard to plan the trip to the airport.

Our flight was canceled. I will never use Kayak nor Frontier for travel again. The entire experience was a headache.

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Terrible. The canceled my entire flight when I requested a refund for a trip frontier canceled trip one way.

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

The crew was mostly okay. The flight attendant who answered our questions was curt and unhelpful unfortunately. He seemed upset and I understand having off days.

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