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Cheap Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$99
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$143
San Diego
San Diegononstop$140
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$219
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$203
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$181
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo2 stops$338
Bakersfield
Bakersfieldnonstop$279
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$344
Redding
Redding1 stop$330
Merced
Merced1 stop$301
Reno
Reno1 stop$123
Sacramento
Sacramentononstop$287
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$99
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$143
San Diego
San Diegononstop$140
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$219
Palm Springs
Palm Springs1 stop$203
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$181
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo2 stops$338
Bakersfield
Bakersfieldnonstop$279
Arcata
Arcata1 stop$344
Redding
Redding1 stop$330
Merced
Merced1 stop$301
Reno
Reno1 stop$123
Sacramento
Sacramentononstop$287

Book Cheap Dallas/Fort Worth 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/Fort Worth 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Dallas/Fort Worth to California

Wed, Nov 12 - Sat, Nov 15
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:50 pm - 10:54 pmDFW-LAS
3h 04mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:44 pm - 11:33 pmLAS-DFW
2h 49mnonstop
$87Spirit Airlines
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Wed, Nov 12 - Thu, Nov 13
Frontier Logo
11:00 am - 12:02 pmDFW-LAS
3h 02mnonstop
Frontier Logo
8:48 pm - 11:37 amLAS-DFW
12h 49m1 stop
$88Frontier
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Tue, Nov 11 - Fri, Nov 14
Frontier Logo
9:00 am - 11:54 amDFW-LAS
4h 54m1 stop
Frontier Logo
9:06 pm - 1:59 amLAS-DFW
2h 53mnonstop
$89Frontier
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Fri, Feb 20 - Mon, Feb 23
Frontier Logo
10:51 pm - 11:59 pmDFW-LAS
3h 08mnonstop
Frontier Logo
7:08 pm - 11:58 pmLAS-DFW
2h 50mnonstop
$90Frontier
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Sun, Nov 16 - Tue, Nov 18
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:32 pm - 7:26 amDFW-LAS
11h 54m1 stop
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:31 am - 8:52 pmLAS-DFW
10h 21m1 stop
$101Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Dec 6 - Tue, Dec 9
American Airlines Logo
7:14 am - 8:28 amDFW-SAN
3h 14mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
4:41 pm - 9:46 pmSAN-DFW
3h 05mnonstop
$183American Airlines
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Sat, Jan 17 - Tue, Jan 20
American Airlines Logo
9:30 pm - 10:50 pmDFW-SAN
3h 20mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
6:20 am - 11:23 amSAN-DFW
3h 03mnonstop
$184American Airlines
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Tue, Dec 9 - Tue, Dec 16
Delta Logo
12:35 pm - 4:04 pmDFW-OAK
5h 29m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 2:40 pmOAK-DFW
6h 45m1 stop
$217Delta
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Wed, Nov 19 - Sat, Dec 6
Delta Logo
7:59 am - 11:48 amDFW-OAK
5h 49m1 stop
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 2:40 pmOAK-DFW
6h 45m1 stop
$218Delta
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Fri, Jan 30 - Mon, Feb 2
United Airlines Logo
1:43 pm - 7:39 pmDFW-SMF
7h 56m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
11:21 am - 9:34 pmSMF-DFW
8h 13m1 stop
$329United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Dallas/Fort Worth to California flights

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

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 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $81 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 $81.

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $402 on average.

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 January, when tickets cost $163 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $236 and $213 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport to California, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from California, Friday 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 32% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$42
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
Flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to John Wayne (Santa Ana)

Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Dallas/Fort Worth to California 
PiperFlew with American AirlinesDFW-PSPDec 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 AirlinesDFW-SANDec 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 AirlinesDFW-SFOAug 2024
Leave at least 1.5 hours between flights as Dallas is HUGE!
JoelFlew with American AirlinesDFW-ONTMay 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/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport 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/Fort Worth Airport 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 $216 on average. Morning departures are around 5% 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 $294.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $78 one-way - $139 round-trip; Los Angeles $99 one-way - $159 round-trip; San Francisco $130 one-way - $230 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Dallas/Fort Worth 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/Fort Worth 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 4240 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
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Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

4.0 OkayJeff, Oct 2025MCI - SAN
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Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

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

Plz don't take away free bags and free seating

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.

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

They changed planes and the new plane couldn’t carry enough fuel to fly across the country so we had to stop in Kansas City to refuel. Flight was delayed .

Flight was too crowded and seats are too small, especially since passengrs are getting larger. Having a middle seat is ALWAYS tough! Woman on my left was large & kept creeping in to my space. Flight personnel were great! Have more savory rather than sweet snacks please.

The crew took good care of us. The flight from ATL to SFO is a longer one, and there were multiple beverage offerings. I like the 757's that Delta uses. Good airplane that is comfortable. I do wish Delta would separate Priority boarding from the better seats. I would gladly take a smaller seat in an open row than be jammed into Comfort just to get priority boarding, just to make sure I don't have to check a bag.

Gate agent rushed to fill hot jetway with crowd so it took over 12 minutes to go from gate to plane. Just like a discount airline Pooly prepared cabin and third time that claim of rough air prevented any cabin service. Friends on a Southwest flight at similar time had service.

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

Flight was delayed leaving Dallas. Arrived about 2 hours later than scheduled.

The only thing to like was that we eventually got to our destination

Poor seat in rear of aircraft Food at Admiral’s Club Terminal D at DFW inedible

We were delayed for a “couple of maintenance issues.” They were resolved rather quickly but a computer glitch caused someone in the airport to have to bring a physical copy of the paperwork so we could leave. I don’t know where they had to drive from to get to our plane but it took forever & we were 1 1/2 hrs late in leaving. The flight itself was fine.

We didn't take off until an hour after we boarded.

The flight was fine. This survey is not. There is no option for N/A so items which don’t apply to my experience still must be rated. In those instances I give a “3” rating which ultimately skews the results.

The actual trip was fine, however, the changes made to our flights and the layovers were had to endure were awful.

Flight from Dallas to OKC was good, but my trip was interrupted due to a delayed flight from Austin to DFW, which happens all the time. I frequently miss my connection from DFW and American can never seem to make this work!

Because the plane was 90 degrees F, they would not let us board. I wish they had, because it meant we were delayed. It's Texas, of course it's hot. We would have survived.

Wish they had the seat-back video screens for watching movies or playing games.

Always comes in handy when I want a quick weekend getaway.

My luggage didn’t arrive at LAX, so that wasn’t a good experience.

I was never aware that I had to pay $100 per luggage to them on the plane that are simply carry-ons. This is discriminatory and I’m going to be alerting my entire family and friends and my Instagram following up over 75,000 of this issue and misunderstanding, including mismanaging.

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

Just total easy flight experience!! What could you do better..? Hmmm..? There was nothing I can remember. Spirit was a far more comfortable and easy process than American, United & Delta. I'll always look for Spirit and I've told a few people about, since flying this past trip!! I'm a SPIRIT FAN!! Thank You, SPIRIT AIRLINES!! Very, VERY well done, 100%!! See you...SOON!! -Best, Linda R.

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.

Great! We boarded on time! Everything went so smoothly! The flight was so smooth

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

Seats uncomfortable, hard to check luggage, etc. It was like the last flight out of Hanoi

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

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.

We were delayed three times ,and that destroyed my plans, and reservations

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

They canceled flight. Hard to believe there was even a plane incoming for us to get on

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.

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