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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$220
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$235
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$203
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$317
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$332
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$242
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$372
Bakersfield
Bakersfieldnonstop$388
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$372
Redding
Redding1 stop$525
Reno
Renononstop$287
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$220
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$235
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$203
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$317
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$332
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$242
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$372
Bakersfield
Bakersfieldnonstop$388
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$372
Redding
Redding1 stop$525
Reno
Renononstop$287

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

Thu, Sep 24 - Mon, Sep 28
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 7:12 am
DFW
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ONT
3h 12mnonstop
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8:07 am - 1:12 pm
ONT
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DFW
3h 05mnonstop
$184Frontier
Wed, Sep 23 - Thu, Oct 1
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 7:12 am
DFW
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ONT
3h 12mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:07 am - 1:12 pm
ONT
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DFW
3h 05mnonstop
$184Frontier
Mon, Sep 21 - Thu, Sep 24
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7:00 am - 8:19 am
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SAN
3h 19mnonstop
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7:30 am - 12:42 pm
SAN
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DFW
3h 12mnonstop
$208Multiple Airlines
Mon, Aug 24 - Fri, Aug 28
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8:17 pm - 9:13 pm
DFW
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LAS
2h 56mnonstop
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:25 pm - 7:34 pm
LAS
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DFW
18h 09m
1 stop
$209Multiple Airlines
Sat, Aug 15 - Mon, Aug 17
Alaska Airlines Logo
2:52 pm - 3:54 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 02mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:52 am - 3:13 pm
SAN
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DFW
3h 21mnonstop
$230Alaska Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 16
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:38 pm - 8:53 pm
DFW
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SAN
3h 15mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:00 pm - 6:13 pm
SAN
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DFW
3h 13mnonstop
$237Alaska Airlines
Wed, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 16
American Airlines Logo
6:59 pm - 8:14 pm
DFW
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BUR
3h 15mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
12:28 pm - 5:50 pm
BUR
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DFW
3h 22mnonstop
$245American Airlines
Tue, Oct 13 - Sat, Oct 17
American Airlines Logo
10:12 am - 11:39 am
DFW
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BUR
3h 27mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 12:21 pm
BUR
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DFW
3h 21mnonstop
$245American Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Wed, Oct 21
United Airlines Logo
3:33 pm - 5:28 pm
DFW
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SFO
3h 55mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 3:51 pm
SFO
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DFW
3h 41mnonstop
$263United Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Wed, Aug 26
United Airlines Logo
10:55 am - 12:48 pm
DFW
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3h 53mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
8:40 am - 2:25 pm
SFO
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DFW
3h 45mnonstop
$263United Airlines
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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/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport to California departing in August.

Flight prices are typical for this route right now.

Flights to California from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport usually cost between $167 and $316 in August.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $220 on Frontier (Aug 14-Aug 20).

What is the cheapest Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport found in the last 5 days was to San Diego, at $153 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 5 days was $186.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 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 afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $320 on average. Morning departures are around 3% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $390.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Dallas/Fort Worth 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 $475, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Dallas/Fort Worth 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 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California is September, when tickets cost $251 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $384 and $382 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/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth 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 Dallas/Fort Worth 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 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 23% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 5 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$97
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 16% increase in price.
Flight from Dallas to San Diego

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
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

  • 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

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Dallas to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $162 one-way - $259 round-trip; Los Angeles $204 one-way - $292 round-trip; San Francisco $200 one-way - $336 round-trip

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 4228 reviews
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
Airline reviews

Flight was constantly delayed with significant changes in time, it was supposed to get to Colorado Springs at 8:30 PM but it got there after midnight.

2.0 MediocreMarcela, Jun 2026
DAL - COS
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Flight was constantly delayed with significant changes in time, it was supposed to get to Colorado Springs at 8:30 PM but it got there after midnight.

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

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 !

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

The flight crew was extremely rude and especially not helpful when our flight was delayed.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

The flight in it self was good. The delays looking for pilots was unexpected.

This flight left late. We had A46/A47 boarding, but SW boarded 45 people from an interrupted flight ahead of us. It was a zoo. Seats are very uncomfortable, even for a 5’8” person of normal BMI.

The crew was very helpful, nice friendly. The only issue I have was the horrible turbulence that we experienced leaving Dallas love field airport. It lasted about 20 minutes I think.

The WiFi was not working. That made for a long flight.

Flight was delayed due to crew being not on time

Flight was delayed. No information on why it was delayed. After we boarded the flight, , the crew made announcement that the captain hs not arrived and he will take 15 mins more to arrive. Passengers were just sitting patiently for the captain to arrive and start, Terrible experience.

Timing, quality of service, promptness and courtesy of the staff

It would have been better if the flight wasn't delayed by 2.5 hours

Delta flight Delay for ,more that two hours i.e original flight was 6.30 PM and it starts at 8.45 PM, When we connect Delta team for meal vouchers as it is late arrival in designation,But we did not get it as per delta policy , which is not good for mid night arrival,

On my way home I had a layover. The flight from ATL to CLT was amended 5x while I was waiting. I could have driven home sooner. Overall from Dallas, Tx to Charlotte, NC I started my trip at 4:30pm, I didn’t get home until past midnight. I know things happen, but 5x to make me run back and forth in an airport from different terminals is excessive. I also upgraded to comfort + , I didn’t feel it was worth it. There was no benefit

I didn’t like that I could not select my seat and was assigned a seat when I checked in at LAX

Lisa the flight attendent was absolutely wonderful - I loved her energy and you could tell that this crew was amazing family - thank you for making our flight home to LA so very fun! Love and Sun Chips!

the entertainment for the flight from DAL-LGA was not available.

It was terribly delayed with zero support from united airlines. I reached at 1 am in the night. They did not provide any option to change the flights.

Flight cancelled instead of leaving Friday am now, maybe, leaving Sunday

one of the flight attendants on the Dallas to frankfurt leg was somewhat rude..

Friendliest Flight Attendant I’ve seen since I flew on Southwest Airlines. The whole trip was outstanding…and arrived Early!

A little bit more leg room in premium economy. I am 6’4”.

Sucks ! All three flights I was on this trip were delayed.

When I got our tickets, my husband and I were easily able to get seats together (including a window seat). When we checked in at the airport all the seats were reset and we had to pick new ones, so we couldn’t sit together because there were only middle seats! Ugh that’s the worst. We were back so far we had to check our carry ons which was annoying because I bring an expensive camera that I don’t/cant check so I had to reorganize my items. Once we were seated on the plane we had to wait an hour to take off and they said there was some weather/air traffic in Denver but it was unclear. The lady I sat next to complained that our seats didn’t go back and we both got free complimentary snack boxes which were quite good. I wasn’t going to say anything about the seats, they were the typical uncomfortable kind. It would have been fine if the 2 hr flight hadn’t turned into 3 hrs. Not the best flight but also not the worst.

Food wasn’t very good, old business seating configuration on an old A340

Crew is way too many times on the intercom re explaining the same thing

Nothing. I flew business class. I always try to avoid air Canada because it’s the worst airline and it’s proven on international level. Sad and embarrassing…

Worst communication. Delayed boarding for two hours without a single announcement until hour 1 had passed - on time status showing until our flight was supposed to takeoff and the crew had already walked away. No one was boarding. Disgusting part of DFW overcrowded with no AC on a 97 degree day. Then the first app update is that we’d take off in 15 mins… but again no one had boarded a full flight. No announcement in the terminal so everyone is just crowded around a disgusting place with no info for over an hour which turned into two. This was an overfill flight and a disgrace to passenger decency all while likely just trying to fix their own issue of overbooking. The worst airline at the worst airport.

Mechanical delay > Crew Time out. No communication to passengers. Crew time out was positioned as a surprise (even though it must have been know at the time of boarding that the crew would time out.

Initial flight had an engine overheat - returned to DFW. Had another plane ready, but crew timed out. Had to wait 5h for boarding. Fully boarded and pilot says plane is not flight worthy. Deplane and go to the other end of the terminal. Wait an hour to board third plane because the crew couldn’t leave the second plane because no wheelchairs were brought to remove passengers. Finally take off and there is no catering (in flight service) even in first class. Very much an AA failure.

Flight cancelled. Twice. And no communication. No gate agent. Went past boarding time and had to go and see email from AA. Airport communication was bad

Was put into a seat right behind the toilet that had no entertainment possible but did have plenty of leg room over noisy part of plane.

To have arrived on time and not 3 hours late after having already spent $100 to change to an earlier flight, only to arrive back home close to the original flight time.

American Airlines is a miserable experience. It is predictably miserable, in the sense that every time I fly American, I brace myself for the certainty that it will be unpleasant and uncomfortable. But it is unpredictable in the sense that I never know if the flight will be on time or delayed nine hours (both happened to me this week). I never know if I will be able to sit in the seat that I selected when I purchased the ticket or if I will be told by Customer Service (!!!) that I must relocate from first class to a seat in the back of the aircraft with no explanation (both happened to me this week). Will the food be frozen and half defrosted, or scalding hot? Will the drinks be warm? Will the flight attendants be surly and mean? Will the toilets be cramped and foul? Will the seats be narrow and uncomfortable? Will there be a real electric outlet at the seat, or just an unreliable USB-2 port? Will there be enough seats in the boarding lounge or just a few? Will the boarding process be smooth and efficient, or will the gate agents mess it up and delay it needlessly for 30 or 40 minutes? Will the catering and cleaning crew be prompt or will they take an extra 30 minutes? Will the brakes on the aircraft work properly, or will the pilot delay takeoff for four hours while the ground crew attends to what can only be described as routine maintenance that should have been done the night before? I've eexperienced every one of these unpleasant things this year, 2026. The only thing I can reliably count on is that American will find a new way to make the experience of flying as miserable as they possibly can.

The WiFi would not connect enough for me to do my actual work. It permaspooled, disconnected, said it was connected, then wouldn't open an email... it was frustrating. I am not a tall person, 5'4" - and I felt cramped with little room to reach into my bag under the seat in front of me. I feel sorry for anyone taller than me having to fly. the one positive thing I will add, is the overhead bins are roomy enough to manage more bags than other carriers.

Delayed for mechanical and no updates on what was happening and how long the delay might be.

Smooth flight. From the early boarding and all were on board before departure time and arrived early in ONT. Great crew. Thank you!!!!

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

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

Book with frontier airlines with the mentality that they'll cancel your flight, kick you off and lose your luggage. Anything besides that is a win. Compare prices with other airlines (to include luggage) and if frontier is still worth it, book it but know all of their policies.

Would be great if Frontier can Assign Seats together under one PNR

Boarding was organized and flight was on time. Overall very satisfied with my flight.

The boarding gate was in Terminal D, but the Frontier counter was in Terminal E. So I had to move back and forth between terminals to check in my luggage. This was the worst experience that I had in terms of flights.

My departure gate was E10 but no kiosk at E10 for check in & no one to ask. A United attendant helped direct us to E38 for check in. The kiosks at E38 were all malfunctioning. A counter agent had to check us in. We then had to walk back to E10 for boarding. E10 to E38 at DfW is not an easy trek. No where in all the info they sent us indicated there were issues to over come. They can cut only so many corners. Luckily we arrived plenty early to deal with Frontier’s inefficiency.

I had to cancel within 1hour of the reservation an they put you through hell to . no live customer service desk. I'm handy caped and they make it almost impossible to cancel. They are steeling my money. You should not have that airline on your site. Contact me and I will give you all info. Of what the are doing to me just notable treatment they are set up like that to take people

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